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Tacos El Paisanito Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 1, 2025
- address202 West Fordham Road, Bronx 10468
- cuisineTex-Mex
- phone7183290278
Is Tacos El Paisanito Restaurant clean?
Tacos El Paisanito Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 1, 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 Tacos El Paisanito Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
When was Tacos El Paisanito Restaurant last inspected?
Tacos El Paisanito Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to December 29, 2022, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 5, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| December 29, 2022 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Tacos El Paisanito Restaurant vs University Heights-Morris Heights
University Heights-Morris Heights runs 75% clean across 69 tracked restaurants — 40 clean, 5 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 69 spots Cooked tracks in University Heights-Morris Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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.
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 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.