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Pink Taco
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 21, 2025
- address7 Times Square, Manhattan 10036
- cuisineMexican
- phone2122652000
Is Pink Taco clean?
Pink Taco is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 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 Pink Taco?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 21, 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.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Pink Taco last inspected?
Pink Taco has 7 inspections on record going back to August 10, 2023, averaging 26 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| July 1, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 12 pts |
| January 9, 2025 | Grade C | 60 pts |
| September 18, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
| September 9, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| August 23, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| August 10, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 51 pts |
Pink Taco vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.
Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 October 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.