El Paso

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score7 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 16, 2025 →
• address40-45 235 Street, Queens 11363
• cuisineMexican
• phone3476540899

Is El Paso clean?

El Paso is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 16, 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 Paso?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 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.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was El Paso last inspected?

El Paso has 2 inspections on record going back to July 8, 2024, averaging 9 points.

El Paso vs Douglas Manor-Douglaston-Little Neck

Douglas Manor-Douglaston-Little Neck runs 80% clean across 79 tracked restaurants — 57 clean, 2 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 79 spots Cooked tracks in Douglas Manor-Douglaston-Little Neck, this one comes out cleaner than 75% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 December 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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