Tacos El Torito Versatile

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedOctober 16, 2024
• inspection score20 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 31, 2026 →
• address608A Melrose Avenue, Bronx 10455
• cuisineTex-Mex
• phone7186187265

Is Tacos El Torito Versatile clean?

New York currently lists Tacos El Torito Versatile as grade pending, following an inspection on August 31, 2026 that scored 20 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was A on October 16, 2024.

What did inspectors find at Tacos El Torito Versatile?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 31, 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.
• 🪰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.
• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Tacos El Torito Versatile last inspected?

Tacos El Torito Versatile has 4 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2024, averaging 33 points.

Tacos El Torito Versatile vs Melrose South-Mott Haven North

Melrose South-Mott Haven North runs 81% clean across 102 tracked restaurants — 78 clean, 2 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 102 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose South-Mott Haven North, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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