Taco Bell is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean π.
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
Taco Bell has 3 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2023, averaging 4 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2025 | Grade A | 4 pts |
| October 22, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| July 20, 2023 | Grade A | 2 pts |
Washington Heights South runs 75% clean across 208 tracked restaurants β 137 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 208 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights South, this one comes out cleaner than 93% of them.
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New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0β13 points earns an A, 14β27 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 β it stays βGrade Pendingβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.