MARIO'S RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA
2850 RIVER ROAD, SCHENECTADY, NY 12309
Last inspected Oct 23, 2025
Official source: New York State Department of Health (health.ny.gov) · All data sources
Failed. Did not meet health requirements at the latest inspection. Many failures are fixed and re-inspected within days — check the inspection date.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 23 inspections on record for MARIO'S RESTAURANT & PIZZERIA, spanning December 1999 to October 2025 — every one straight from New York State Department of Health.
Its standing slipped since the previous visit — from passed to failed. A follow-up inspection usually rechecks the issues found.
The most recent inspection noted 5 violations, 1 of them a critical item — the kind tied directly to foodborne-illness risk.
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Inspection history
Oct 23, 2025
✕5 violations
- Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate refrigerated or heated storage temperatures
- Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked)
- Tobacco is used; eating, drinking in food preparation, dishwashing food storage areas
- Non-food contact surfaces and equipment are improperly designed, constructed, installed, maintained (equipment not readily accessible for cleaning, surface not smooth finish)
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not stored under refrigeration except during necessary preparation or approved precooling procedures (room temperature storage).
Jun 16, 2020
✓Dec 5, 2017
✕5 violations
- Critical: Canned foods found in poor conditions (leakers, severe dents, rusty, swollen cans)
- In use food dispensing utensils improperly stored
- Tobacco is used; eating, drinking in food preparation, dishwashing food storage areas
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not stored under refrigeration except during necessary preparation or approved precooling procedures (room temperature storage).
- Food contact surfaces not washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any time of operations when contamination may have occurred
Dec 6, 2016
✓1 violation
- Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked)
Mar 27, 2014
✕1 violation
- Critical: Water/ice: unsafe, unapproved sources, cross connections
Dec 20, 2012
✕4 violations
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or below 45�F during cold holding, except smoked fish not kept at or below 38�F during cold holding.
- Critical: Cooked or prepared foods are subject to cross-contamination from raw foods.
- Critical: Shellfish not from approved sources, improperly tagged/labeled, tags not retained 90 days.
- Tobacco is used; eating, drinking in food preparation, dishwashing food storage areas
Mar 16, 2011
✕3 violations
- Critical: Cooked or prepared foods are subject to cross-contamination from raw foods.
- Floors, walls, ceilings, not smooth, properly constructed, in disrepair, dirty surfaces
- Wiping cloths dirty, not stored properly in sanitizing solutions
Nov 17, 2010
✓Sep 10, 2009
✓Mar 4, 2009
✕2 violations
- Floors, walls, ceilings, not smooth, properly constructed, in disrepair, dirty surfaces
- Critical: Food workers prepare raw and cooked or ready to eat food products without 'thorough handwashing and sanitary glove changing in between.
Jan 29, 2009
✓1 violation
- Manual facilities inadequate, technique incorrect; mechanical facilities not operated in accordance with manufacturer's instructions
Jun 13, 2008
✕2 violations
- Improper thawing procedures used
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not cooled by an approved method where the food temperature can be reduced from 120oF to 70oF or less within two hours and 70oF to 45oF within four hours.
Nov 22, 2006
✕3 violations
- Food contact surfaces not washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any time of operations when contamination may have occurred
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not cooled by an approved method where the food temperature can be reduced from 120oF to 70oF or less within two hours and 70oF to 45oF within four hours.
- Wiping cloths dirty, not stored properly in sanitizing solutions
Mar 22, 2006
✓Dec 1, 2005
✕4 violations
- Hair is improperly restrained
- Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked)
- Improper thawing procedures used
- Critical: Cooked or prepared foods are subject to cross-contamination from raw foods.
Jun 16, 2005
✕Nov 9, 2004
✕Apr 14, 2004
✕Mar 19, 2003
✕Jun 7, 2002
✓Sep 4, 2001
✓Nov 21, 2000
✓Dec 7, 1999
✓
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