Taqueria El Gallo Giro

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score36 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 14, 2025 →
• address64-03 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11377
• cuisineLatin American
• phone3475071835

Is Taqueria El Gallo Giro clean?

Taqueria El Gallo Giro is currently Grade C from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 14, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Taqueria El Gallo Giro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  No approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
• 🚿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.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.

When was Taqueria El Gallo Giro last inspected?

Taqueria El Gallo Giro has 2 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2025, averaging 38 points.

Taqueria El Gallo Giro vs Woodside

Woodside runs 73% clean across 158 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 14 mid, 26 cooked.

Against the 158 spots Cooked tracks in Woodside, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 April 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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