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El Cabron Taqueria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 6, 2025
- address23 Essex Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineMexican
- phone9143302356
Is El Cabron Taqueria clean?
El Cabron Taqueria is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 6, 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 El Cabron Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽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 El Cabron Taqueria last inspected?
El Cabron Taqueria has 3 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2023, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2025 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| July 2, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 25, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
El Cabron Taqueria vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 91% 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 November 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.