Cooked?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.
April 2, 2026 A
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View full inspection →February 10, 2026 Score 36
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View full inspection →April 29, 2024 A
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View full inspection →May 23, 2023 Score 30
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View full inspection →Good Taste Garden vs Longwood
Longwood runs 71% clean across 49 tracked restaurants — 30 clean, 4 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 49 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 86% 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 April 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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