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The Taco Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 14, 2025
- address312 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn 11216
- cuisineMexican
- phone7185816973
Is The Taco Bar clean?
The Taco Bar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 14, 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 The Taco Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️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.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was The Taco Bar last inspected?
The Taco Bar has 1 inspection on record going back to March 14, 2025, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 14, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
The Taco Bar vs Bedford
Bedford runs 79% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 141 clean, 13 mid, 24 cooked.
Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Bedford, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 March 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.