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La Mancha Tapas Bar

Other food place · Brooklyn, NY

1 inspection

At a glance

CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results

What happened?

3 problems found · 2 marked critical · Routine health department inspection · Jan 2, 2025

Is that a lot?

Most food places here got 10 to 24 point violations. La Mancha Tapas Bar got about the same as most.

Compared with 21,170 New York City food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.

What was found out about La Mancha Tapas Bar?

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  1. Marked critical: Eating or drinking in a food area 06BHow to fixFix it
  2. Marked critical: Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right 06DHow to fixFix it
  3. Food thawed the wrong way 09BHow to fixFix it

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Source: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

We review New York City health data to make this report. We are not the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

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Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 2-304.11, Food Code 4-603.16, Food Code 3-501.13.

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Fix and log it: Eating or drinking in a food area

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0 of 3 done

Clothes, eating and drinking

From Food Code 2-304.11

Logged

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Inspections

From New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · 1 inspection on record · Last checked Oct 7, 2026

The health department lists no visits in the last 12 months.

NYC inspects each restaurant at least once a year. A place scoring 14 or more on an initial inspection gets a second, graded inspection.

Every visit

  1. LatestJan 2, 2025Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection12 points (A)

    This one: 12 points (A), inspected Jan 2, 2025.

    3 violations listed, 2 marked critical.

    Critical (2)

    • Marked critical by New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

      Eating or drinking in a food area

      The department's words

      06B Tobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.

      Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.

      Food Code 2-401.11

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      Clothes, eating and drinking

      • Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
      • Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
      • The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.

      From Food Code 2-304.11

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    • Marked critical by New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

      Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right

      The department's words

      06D Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

      Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.

      Food Code 4-602.11

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      Clean first, then sanitize

      • 1. Scrape off food.
      • 2. Wash with detergent and warm water.
      • 3. Rinse off the soap (soap weakens sanitizer).

      From Food Code 4-603.16

      When to clean food-contact surfaces

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      Cleaning vs sanitizing, and sanitizer strengths

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    Not critical (1)

    • Food thawed the wrong way

      The department's words

      09B Thawing procedure improper.

      Food Code 3-501.13

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      4 safe ways

      • 1. In the fridge (best): on the bottom shelf in a pan, at 41°F or below. Plan about 1 day per 4–5 pounds.
      • 2. Under cold running water: fully covered by water that is 70°F or colder, in a clean sink. Cook right away.
      • 3. In the microwave: then cook right away.
      • 4. As part of cooking: cook straight from frozen. Allow about 50% more time and probe to the usual temperature.

      From Food Code 3-501.13

      Never

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      Thawing frozen food

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Source: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)

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About this record

Search for the name on NYC Health's restaurant grades lookup.

Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.

Zero points means the inspector found no problems. New York City adds points for each problem. Big ones, the kind most likely to make someone sick, add more.

Inspectors add points for each problem they find. 0 to 13 points is an A, 14 to 27 a B, 28 or more a C.

Listed as
Tapas
Inspection type
Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
Result
12 points (A)
Source
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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Questions about La Mancha Tapas Bar

When was La Mancha Tapas Bar last inspected?

The health department last inspected La Mancha Tapas Bar on Jan 2, 2025. It was a cycle inspection / initial inspection.

What did the health department find at La Mancha Tapas Bar?

The health department listed 3 violations on Jan 2, 2025: Eating or drinking in a food area; Food-contact surfaces not cleaned or sanitized right; and Food thawed the wrong way.

How often does New York City inspect restaurants?

NYC inspects each restaurant at least once a year. A place scoring 14 or more on an initial inspection gets a second, graded inspection.

What does a critical item mean?

Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. On Jan 2, 2025, the health department marked 2 as critical.