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Homemade Taqueria
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score30 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedApril 7, 2026
- address40-10 Junction Boulevard, Queens 11368
- cuisineMexican
- phone7184403307
Is Homemade Taqueria clean?
New York currently lists Homemade Taqueria as grade pending, following an inspection on April 7, 2026 that scored 30 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was C on June 3, 2025.
What did inspectors find at Homemade Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not postedCurrent letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
- 🛠️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.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Homemade Taqueria last inspected?
Homemade Taqueria has 6 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2024, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| September 25, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
| June 3, 2025 | Grade C | 44 pts |
| April 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 36 pts |
| January 29, 2025 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| September 27, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
Homemade Taqueria vs Elmhurst
Elmhurst runs 73% clean across 290 tracked restaurants — 203 clean, 36 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 290 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.