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Taste Of China
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 12, 2025
- address5705 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineChinese
- phone7184390505
Is Taste Of China clean?
Taste Of China is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taste Of China?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalToxic chemical or pesticide improperly stored or used such that food contamination may occur.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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 Taste Of China last inspected?
Taste Of China has 4 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2022, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 14, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 22, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| May 19, 2022 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Taste Of China vs Sunset Park East
Sunset Park East runs 73% clean across 361 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 35 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 361 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park East, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 May 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.