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El Tenampa
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 31, 2025
- address96-14 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11368
- cuisineMexican
- phone9172856807
Is El Tenampa clean?
El Tenampa is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 31, 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 Tenampa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🍽️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.
When was El Tenampa last inspected?
El Tenampa has 3 inspections on record going back to November 29, 2023, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2025 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| July 15, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| November 29, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
El Tenampa vs North Corona
North Corona runs 73% clean across 194 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 25 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 194 spots Cooked tracks in North Corona, this one comes out cleaner than 86% of them.
Other spots in North Corona
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 October 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.