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Otra Casita Mexicana
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 19, 2024
- address66-21 Fresh Pond Road, Queens 11385
- cuisineMexican
- phone9292502104
Is Otra Casita Mexicana clean?
Otra Casita Mexicana is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 19, 2024. 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 Otra Casita Mexicana?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothscriticalWiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
When was Otra Casita Mexicana last inspected?
Otra Casita Mexicana has 3 inspections on record going back to July 11, 2023, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| July 27, 2023 | Grade B | 14 pts |
| July 11, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
Otra Casita Mexicana vs Ridgewood
Ridgewood runs 78% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 201 clean, 30 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Ridgewood, this one comes out cleaner than 90% 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 November 19, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.