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Taste Of China
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedDecember 3, 2025
- address45-01 Broadway, Queens 11103
- cuisineChinese
- phone7189094926
Is Taste Of China clean?
New York currently lists Taste Of China as grade pending, following an inspection on December 3, 2025 that scored 27 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was A on June 5, 2024.
What did inspectors find at Taste Of China?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, 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.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🐭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.
When was Taste Of China last inspected?
Taste Of China has 4 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2024, averaging 26 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 22, 2026 | — | |
| December 3, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| August 27, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
| June 5, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Taste Of China vs Astoria
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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 December 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.