El Buen Sabor

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 25, 2026 →
• address45-07 Queens Boulevard, Queens 11104
• cuisineLatin American
• phone9173060532

Is El Buen Sabor clean?

El Buen Sabor is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 25, 2026. 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 El Buen Sabor?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2026, 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.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.

When was El Buen Sabor last inspected?

El Buen Sabor has 4 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2024, averaging 22 points.

El Buen Sabor vs Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth

Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth runs 77% clean across 556 tracked restaurants — 364 clean, 32 mid, 78 cooked.

Against the 556 spots Cooked tracks in Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth, this one comes out cleaner than 66% 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 February 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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