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Tacos Matamoros
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score26 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJanuary 15, 2025
- address4508 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineMexican
- phone7188717627
Is Tacos Matamoros clean?
New York currently lists Tacos Matamoros as grade pending, following an inspection on January 15, 2025 that scored 26 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 December 28, 2022.
What did inspectors find at Tacos Matamoros?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-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.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalSewage disposal system is not provided, improper, inadequate or unapproved.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup offSingle service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Tacos Matamoros last inspected?
Tacos Matamoros has 4 inspections on record going back to March 28, 2022, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| May 23, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 58 pts |
| December 28, 2022 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| March 28, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
Tacos Matamoros vs Sunset Park West
Sunset Park West runs 80% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 162 clean, 7 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park West, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 January 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.