Fresh Taco

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score5 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 13, 2026 →
• address1701 Putnam Avenue, Queens 11385
• cuisineTex-Mex
• phone7188216563

Is Fresh Taco clean?

Fresh Taco is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 13, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Fresh Taco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.

When was Fresh Taco last inspected?

Fresh Taco has 6 inspections on record going back to February 1, 2023, averaging 19 points.

Fresh Taco vs Ridgewood

Ridgewood runs 77% clean across 292 tracked restaurants — 204 clean, 29 mid, 31 cooked.

Against the 292 spots Cooked tracks in Ridgewood, this one comes out cleaner than 91% 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 January 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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