Cali Tajadas Bakery & Restaurant

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• grade postedFebruary 26, 2025
• inspection score20 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 21, 2025 →
• address45-18 104 Street, Queens 11368
• cuisineLatin American
• phone3474357548

Is Cali Tajadas Bakery & Restaurant clean?

Cali Tajadas Bakery & Restaurant currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on February 26, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on April 21, 2025 scoring 20 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Cali Tajadas Bakery & Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.

When was Cali Tajadas Bakery & Restaurant last inspected?

Cali Tajadas Bakery & Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to December 23, 2024, averaging 25 points.

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Against the 82 spots Cooked tracks in Corona, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 April 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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