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Taste Good
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedApril 24, 2025
- address82-18 45 Avenue, Queens 11373
- cuisineSoutheast Asian
- phone7188988001
Is Taste Good clean?
Taste Good is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 24, 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 Taste Good?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🐭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.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
When was Taste Good last inspected?
Taste Good has 5 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2022, averaging 27 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 24, 2025 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| March 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| August 15, 2024 | Grade C | 45 pts |
| October 24, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
| May 6, 2022 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Taste Good vs Elmhurst-Maspeth
Elmhurst-Maspeth runs 60% clean across 73 tracked restaurants — 42 clean, 10 mid, 18 cooked.
Against the 73 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst-Maspeth, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.
Other spots in Elmhurst-Maspeth
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 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.