Taste Kitchen

• official resultScore 32
• score32 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Official wording: Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
  code 03ACriticalstatus: Critical
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
  code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  Official wording: Sewage disposal system is not provided, improper, inadequate or unapproved.
  code 05ACriticalstatus: Critical
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
  code 08Astatus: Not Critical
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
  code 10Fstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on February 6, 2025: Score changed by +28 points. 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.