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Taqueria Coatzingo
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score24 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedApril 9, 2025
- address76-05 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11372
- cuisineMexican
- phone7184241977
Is Taqueria Coatzingo clean?
Taqueria Coatzingo is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Taqueria Coatzingo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter 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.
When was Taqueria Coatzingo last inspected?
Taqueria Coatzingo has 6 inspections on record going back to September 26, 2022, averaging 61 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2025 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| March 14, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 65 pts |
| August 26, 2024 | Grade C | 51 pts |
| June 24, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 78 pts |
| January 12, 2023 | Grade C | 56 pts |
| September 26, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 93 pts |
Taqueria Coatzingo vs Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights runs 75% clean across 345 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 38 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 345 spots Cooked tracks in Jackson Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 April 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.