Taco Bell

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedSeptember 22, 2025
• inspection score19 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 30, 2026 →
• address60-12 Northern Boulevard, Queens 11377
• cuisineMexican
• phone6465128287

Is Taco Bell clean?

Taco Bell currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on September 22, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on September 30, 2026 scoring 19 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Taco Bell?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 🐈random live animals insidecritical
  Live animal other than fish in tank or service animal present in facility’s food or non-food area.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Taco Bell last inspected?

Taco Bell has 4 inspections on record going back to March 7, 2023, averaging 13 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Taco Bell vs Woodside

Woodside runs 72% clean across 160 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 15 mid, 26 cooked.

Against the 160 spots Cooked tracks in Woodside, this one comes out cleaner than 73% 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 September 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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