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Homemade Taqueria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 21, 2025
- address80-60 Lefferts Boulevard, Queens 11415
- cuisineMexican
- phone3475582269
Is Homemade Taqueria clean?
Homemade Taqueria is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 21, 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 Homemade Taqueria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🛠️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.
When was Homemade Taqueria last inspected?
Homemade Taqueria has 7 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2022, averaging 5 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| June 10, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| January 24, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| October 6, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 12 pts |
| October 3, 2022 | closed by the city | 0 pts |
| August 31, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| January 25, 2022 | Grade A | 0 pts |
Homemade Taqueria vs Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens runs 83% clean across 50 tracked restaurants — 39 clean, 4 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 50 spots Cooked tracks in Kew Gardens, this one comes out cleaner than 64% 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 January 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.