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Taqueria Oaxaca
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 14, 2025
- address167 Main Street, Staten Island 10307
- cuisineSpanish
- phone7189662695
Is Taqueria Oaxaca clean?
Taqueria Oaxaca is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 14, 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 Taqueria Oaxaca?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalFood worker/food vendor does not wash hands thoroughly after using the toilet, or after coughing, sneezing, smoking, eating, preparing raw foods or otherwise contaminating hands or does not change gloves when required; Worker fails to refrain from smoking or being fully clothed in clean outer garments.
When was Taqueria Oaxaca last inspected?
Taqueria Oaxaca has 3 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2023, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 14, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| April 29, 2024 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| May 18, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Taqueria Oaxaca vs Charleston-Richmond Valley-Tottenville
Charleston-Richmond Valley-Tottenville runs 82% clean across 103 tracked restaurants — 72 clean, 3 mid, 13 cooked.
Against the 103 spots Cooked tracks in Charleston-Richmond Valley-Tottenville, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 October 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.