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Forever Taste
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 17, 2025
- address27 Rutgers Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineChinese
- phone6462885812
Is Forever Taste clean?
Forever Taste is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 17, 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 Forever Taste?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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 Forever Taste last inspected?
Forever Taste has 4 inspections on record going back to March 13, 2024, averaging 23 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 17, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 24, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| April 22, 2024 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| March 13, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 50 pts |
Forever Taste vs Lower East Side
Lower East Side runs 75% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 10 mid, 30 cooked.
Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Lower East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 November 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.