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Casa Margaritas
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 30, 2025
- address247-63 Jericho Turnpike, Queens 11426
- cuisineLatin American
- phone3473343201
Is Casa Margaritas clean?
Casa Margaritas is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 30, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Casa Margaritas?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Casa Margaritas last inspected?
Casa Margaritas has 3 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2023, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 20, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 48 pts |
| July 27, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Casa Margaritas vs Bellerose
Bellerose runs 75% clean across 42 tracked restaurants — 30 clean, 2 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 42 spots Cooked tracks in Bellerose, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.
Other spots in Bellerose
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 June 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.