Compliant ParkCambio de norma · agosto 27, 2026
Allergen labels hit your grab-and-go on November 12
New York is the first state to require allergen labels on food you prepare and package in-house. If you sell a wrapped sandwich from a case, this is yours.
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Qué cambió, qué viene y qué suele salir mal.
Cambios de normas, patrones de temporada y medidas prácticas que ayudan a un restaurante de Nueva York a no perder puntos. Escrito para propietarios, no para abogados.
Temporada · agosto 24, 2026
December is when your coverage quietly breaks
Holiday trading brings volume, agency staff and time off at the same time. The gaps that open are supervision and paperwork, and neither announces itself.
Temporada · agosto 20, 2026
The roadway café comes down. The sidewalk one does not
Roadway cafés run April 1 to November 29. Sidewalk cafés operate año-round — which makes the winter setup a different problem, not a smaller one.
Temporada · agosto 20, 2026
Plagas a finales del verano: los códigos, los puntos y por qué conviene corregir el 08A
04K, 04L, 04M, 04N y 08A: todos críticos. Un mismo código puede sumar cantidades muy distintas, la visita de exterminación no es lo que más cambia el resultado y sus informes de servicio son evidencia.
Temporada · agosto 18, 2026
Los cafés en la calzada se retiran el 29 de noviembre: agosto es cuando se prepara todo
La temporada termina, esté listo o no. Cómo funciona ahora la fiscalización, por qué la primera infracción es prácticamente una advertencia y cuatro cosas que conviene hacer mientras acompaña el clima.
Cambio de norma · agosto 17, 2026
Commercial Waste Zones are landing borough by borough. Find out when yours starts
The city is replacing the open carting market with assigned zones, one area at a time through 2026. When your zone goes live, your choice of hauler narrows.
Práctico · agosto 13, 2026
Your hood is cleaned. Can you prove it in thirty seconds?
Fire compliance is judged on records as much as condition, and FDNY is moving toward digital logs. A clean hood with no paperwork is an argument you will lose.
Cambio de norma · agosto 11, 2026
¿Esa fecha límite de junio de 2026 para los contenedores? No es la de su restaurante
La fecha del contenedor oficial de NYC corresponde a una norma residencial. La que sí aplica a los restaurantes comenzó en 2023, y el horario para sacar la basura es lo que más se pasa por alto.
Cómo funciona · agosto 10, 2026
You have seven days to make a fine disappear. Most people never hear about it
Certain first-time violations can be cured: fix the condition, send proof, pay nothing. The window is seven calendar days from the inspection, and it is easy to miss.
Cómo funciona · agosto 6, 2026
Four ways to answer a summons, and one way to lose by default
Health Code summonses can be heard by mail, online, by phone or in person — or settled without a hearing. Doing nothing is the one option that costs you more.
Cambio de norma · agosto 4, 2026
$17.00 era la parte fácil: los cambios salariales de 2026 que muchos aplican a medias
La mayoría actualizó la tarifa por hora en enero. Menos personas ajustaron el crédito por comidas y casi nadie recordó la asignación por uniforme. Una revisión de quince minutos para un período de nómina.
Cómo funciona · agosto 3, 2026
They do not close you for points. They close you for hazards
A high score means a re-inspection and possible fines. A closure is a different thing entirely, and it comes from a condition rather than a number.
Cómo funciona · julio 30, 2026
The inspection nobody warns you about: monthly, ungraded, and it does not stop
Score badly enough on a re-inspection and the Health Department may come back roughly every month until you get under 28 — or closes you for persistent violations.
Cómo funciona · julio 28, 2026
Cómo se calcula realmente la calificación con letra
De 0 a 13 es A, de 14 a 27 es B y 28 o más es C. Como en el golf, menos es mejor. Qué cuestan realmente las infracciones críticas y generales, por qué un código puede puntuar distinto y qué buscar en su historial.
Cómo funciona · julio 27, 2026
Grade Pending is not a bad grade. It is an unfinished sentence
Personalizadoers read Grade Pending as a warning. It usually means the operator disagreed with the score and is waiting on a hearing — which is their right.
Cómo funciona · julio 23, 2026
Five feet from the door, four to six feet up
The grade card has a required position, not a suggested one. Getting it wrong is a $200 violation. Not posting it at all can reach $1,000.
Cómo funciona · julio 20, 2026
You get two chances at an A in every cycle. Most people only use one
Miss an A on the initial inspection and you are scored but not graded. The re-inspection is the one that carries the letter — and it is the one you can prepare for.
Cómo funciona · julio 16, 2026
Why the same violation cost you 7 points once and 10 the next time
Violation codes have a floor, not a fixed price. What moves the number is the condition level — how extensive the inspector judged the problem to be.
Cómo funciona · julio 13, 2026
Ten things you are entitled to while an inspector is in your kitchen
The Health Department publishes a Business Owner's Bill of Rights. Most operators have never read it, and it answers questions people are afraid to ask on the day.
Cómo funciona · julio 9, 2026
The Health Department will inspect you without grading you. It costs $100
An educational inspection is a real inspector walking your kitchen and telling you what would be cited — with no grade, no points and no fine. Almost nobody uses it.
Práctico · julio 6, 2026
Your last three inspections are a prediction, not a history
A violation code that appears more than once is telling you a condition was never fixed. It will be cited again, and it is where your points are hiding.
Práctico · julio 2, 2026
A temperature log written on the morning of the inspection helps nobody
Cold at 41°F, hot at 140°F. The readings are the easy part — what an inspector is reading is whether the checks are routine or performed for their benefit.
Práctico · junio 29, 2026
The violations that cost almost nothing to fix and get written up anyway
Bare-hand contact, an inaccessible hand sink and uncovered food are among the easiest findings to avoid and the most commonly cited. None of them need a budget.
Práctico · junio 25, 2026
One food protection certificate is compliance on paper and a gap in practice
The rule is a certified supervisor on site whenever you are operating. With one certified person, a holiday or a sick day puts you out of compliance without anyone noticing.
Práctico · junio 22, 2026
Build the binder in the order you will be asked, not the order it arrived
Most restaurants have the documents. Very few can produce a specific one in under a minute, which is the only test that matters on the day.