Cooked?Sidewalk Tacos
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 20, 2025 →
- address2163 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10029
- cuisineTex-Mex
- phone6464549265
Is Sidewalk Tacos clean?
Sidewalk Tacos is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 20, 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 Sidewalk Tacos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food adulterated or misbranded. Adulterated or misbranded food possessed, being manufactured, produced, packed, sold, offered for sale, delivered or given away
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
When was Sidewalk Tacos last inspected?
Sidewalk Tacos has 3 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2023, averaging 6 points.
November 20, 2025 A
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View full inspection →July 18, 2024 A
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View full inspection →April 11, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Sidewalk Tacos vs East Harlem North
East Harlem North runs 82% clean across 187 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 7 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 187 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem North, this one comes out cleaner than 88% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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