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Taim Mediterranean Kitchen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 5, 2025
- address61-42 188 Street, Queens 11365
- cuisineMediterranean
- phone7182643239
Is Taim Mediterranean Kitchen clean?
Taim Mediterranean Kitchen is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 5, 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 Taim Mediterranean Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Caloric content not posted on menus, menu boards or food tags, in a food service establishment that is 1 of 15 or more outlets operating the same type of business nationally under common ownership or control, or as a franchise or doing business under the same name, for each menu item that is served in portions, the size and content of which are standardized.Caloric content not posted on menus, menu boards or food tags, in a food service establishment that is 1 of 15 or more outlets operating the same type of business nationally under common ownership or control, or as a franchise or doing business under the same name, for each menu item that is served in portions, the size and content of which are standardized.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🛠️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 Taim Mediterranean Kitchen last inspected?
Taim Mediterranean Kitchen has 3 inspections on record going back to August 7, 2023, averaging 6 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2025 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| October 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| August 7, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
Taim Mediterranean Kitchen vs Fresh Meadows-Utopia
Fresh Meadows-Utopia runs 77% clean across 66 tracked restaurants — 47 clean, 2 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 66 spots Cooked tracks in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, this one comes out cleaner than 72% 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 March 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.