Nenes Taqueria

October 14, 2025 · Closed by the city
🪳cooked
  • official resultClosed by the city
  • score97 pts
  • inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
  • failed findings9
  • critical findings8

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

  • fridge is giving… room tempcritical
    Official wording: Cold 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.
    code 02GCriticalstatus: Critical
  • food not cooled down rightcritical
    Official wording: After 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.
    code 02HCriticalstatus: Critical
  • cross-contamination riskcritical
    Official wording: Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
    code 04HCriticalstatus: Critical
  • they've got roommates (mice)critical
    Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
    code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
  • flies in the housecritical
    Official wording: 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.
    code 04NCriticalstatus: Critical
  • facility hygiene issuecritical
    Official wording: Insufficient or no hot holding, cold storage or cold holding equipment provided to maintain Time/Temperature Control for Safety Foods (TCS) at required temperatures
    code 05FCriticalstatus: Critical
  • food left out / unprotectedcritical
    Official wording: Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
    code 06CCriticalstatus: Critical
  • surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
    Official wording: Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
    code 06DCriticalstatus: Critical
  • basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
    Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
    code 08Astatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on December 29, 2023: Score changed by +87 points. 9 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.

official city health-inspection data · no account, no sign-up