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Orale Tacos
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedNovember 25, 2025
- address23-23 30 Avenue, Queens 11102
- cuisineTex-Mex
- phone9174765819
Is Orale Tacos clean?
Orale Tacos is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Orale Tacos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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.
- 🌡️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.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth 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.
When was Orale Tacos last inspected?
Orale Tacos has 5 inspections on record going back to June 6, 2023, averaging 26 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2025 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| July 7, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| April 1, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 13, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| June 6, 2023 | closed by the city | 58 pts |
Orale Tacos vs Old Astoria
Old Astoria runs 85% clean across 88 tracked restaurants — 69 clean, 3 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 88 spots Cooked tracks in Old Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.
Other spots in Old Astoria
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 November 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.