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Good Taste Garden
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 2, 2026
- address863 East 149 Street, Bronx 10455
- cuisineChinese
- phone7189939367
Is Good Taste Garden clean?
Good Taste Garden is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 2, 2026. 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 Good Taste Garden?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
When was Good Taste Garden last inspected?
Good Taste Garden has 4 inspections on record going back to May 23, 2023, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| February 10, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 36 pts |
| April 29, 2024 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| May 23, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
Good Taste Garden vs Longwood
Longwood runs 74% clean across 48 tracked restaurants — 28 clean, 4 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 48 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 82% 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 April 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.