Evelia's Tamales

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 30, 2025 →
• address96-09 Northern Boulevard, Queens 11368
• cuisineMexican
• phone7189381121

Is Evelia's Tamales clean?

Evelia's Tamales is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 30, 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 Evelia's Tamales?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.

When was Evelia's Tamales last inspected?

Evelia's Tamales has 6 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2023, averaging 23 points.

Evelia's Tamales vs East Elmhurst

East Elmhurst runs 72% clean across 41 tracked restaurants — 26 clean, 5 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 41 spots Cooked tracks in East Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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.

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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 October 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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