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El Trio Grill
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 15, 2025
- address102-01 44 Avenue, Queens 11368
- cuisineMexican
- phone7183960555
Is El Trio Grill clean?
El Trio Grill is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 15, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at El Trio Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2025, 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was El Trio Grill last inspected?
El Trio Grill has 4 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| April 15, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 9, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
| January 31, 2023 | Grade A | 8 pts |
El Trio Grill 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 31% 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 April 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.