Taco Express

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score5 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 9, 2026 →
• address251-14 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11426
• cuisineTex-Mex
• phone7184702399

Is Taco Express clean?

Taco Express is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 9, 2026. 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?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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 Taco Express last inspected?

Taco Express has 8 inspections on record going back to September 12, 2022, averaging 24 points.

Taco Express vs Bellerose

Bellerose runs 73% clean across 43 tracked restaurants — 30 clean, 2 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 43 spots Cooked tracks in Bellerose, this one comes out cleaner than 85% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 July 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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