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Tangra Masala
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 21, 2025
- address87-09 Grand Avenue, Queens 11373
- cuisineAsian/Asian Fusion
- phone7188032298
Is Tangra Masala clean?
Tangra Masala is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 21, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tangra Masala?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Tangra Masala last inspected?
Tangra Masala has 4 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2022, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 29, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| February 1, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 13, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 43 pts |
Tangra Masala vs Elmhurst
Elmhurst runs 73% clean across 290 tracked restaurants — 203 clean, 36 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 290 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.