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Brothers M Taqueria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 28, 2025
- address52-20 Flushing Avenue, Queens 11378
- cuisineMexican
- phone3472278281
Is Brothers M Taqueria clean?
Brothers M Taqueria is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 28, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Brothers M Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
When was Brothers M Taqueria last inspected?
Brothers M Taqueria has 5 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2023, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 18, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| November 16, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| October 25, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| October 18, 2023 | closed by the city | 61 pts |
Brothers M Taqueria vs Maspeth
Maspeth runs 71% clean across 79 tracked restaurants — 54 clean, 11 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 79 spots Cooked tracks in Maspeth, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 August 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.