Taco Express Mexican Grill

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score5 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 19, 2025 →
• address3403 Jerome Avenue, Bronx 10467
• cuisineTex-Mex
• phone3473487330

Is Taco Express Mexican Grill clean?

Taco Express Mexican Grill is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 19, 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 Taco Express Mexican Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.

When was Taco Express Mexican Grill last inspected?

Taco Express Mexican Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to August 6, 2024, averaging 25 points.

Taco Express Mexican Grill vs Norwood

Norwood runs 74% clean across 86 tracked restaurants — 61 clean, 8 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 86 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood, this one comes out cleaner than 91% 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 August 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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