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El Gallo Negro
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 11, 2026
- address41-34C Crescent Street, Queens 11101
- cuisineMexican
- phone3475071977
Is El Gallo Negro clean?
El Gallo Negro is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 11, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at El Gallo Negro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter 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.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
- 🛠️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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was El Gallo Negro last inspected?
El Gallo Negro has 6 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2023, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| March 2, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| November 7, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 21, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| September 6, 2023 | Grade C | 52 pts |
| August 14, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
El Gallo Negro vs Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City runs 78% clean across 104 tracked restaurants — 76 clean, 6 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 104 spots Cooked tracks in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 May 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.