Tasty Cow 88 Szechuan Cuisine

• gradeGrade C ⏳
• grade postedJuly 18, 2025
• inspection score43 pts
• critical violations5
• last inspectedApril 2, 2026 →
• address249-04 Horace Harding Expressway, Queens 11362
• cuisineChinese
• phone9178731208

Is Tasty Cow 88 Szechuan Cuisine clean?

Tasty Cow 88 Szechuan Cuisine currently carries Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on July 18, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on April 2, 2026 scoring 43 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads cooked 🪳; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Tasty Cow 88 Szechuan Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food-temperature slipcritical
  Hot TCS food item that has been cooked and cooled is being held for service without first being reheated to 165º F or above within 2 hours.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  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.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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 Tasty Cow 88 Szechuan Cuisine last inspected?

Tasty Cow 88 Szechuan Cuisine has 5 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2024, averaging 38 points.

Tasty Cow 88 Szechuan Cuisine vs Douglas Manor-Douglaston-Little Neck

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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