Viva Cafe Mexican Restaurant

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score16 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 5, 2025
• address500 East 149 Street, Bronx 10455
• cuisineMexican
• phone3474841172

Is Viva Cafe Mexican Restaurant clean?

New York currently lists Viva Cafe Mexican Restaurant as grade pending, following an inspection on December 5, 2025 that scored 16 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Viva Cafe Mexican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Viva Cafe Mexican Restaurant last inspected?

Viva Cafe Mexican Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to December 5, 2025, averaging 16 points.

Viva Cafe Mexican Restaurant vs Mott Haven-Port Morris

Mott Haven-Port Morris runs 70% clean across 136 tracked restaurants — 87 clean, 9 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 136 spots Cooked tracks in Mott Haven-Port Morris, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

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How New York grades restaurants

New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.