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The Tap House
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedFebruary 5, 2025
- address72-07 Austin Street, Queens 11375
- cuisineIrish
- phone7189970500
Is The Tap House clean?
The Tap House is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 5, 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 Tap House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalProperly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
When was The Tap House last inspected?
The Tap House has 4 inspections on record going back to May 19, 2022, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| October 24, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
| January 24, 2023 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| May 19, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
The Tap House vs Forest Hills
Forest Hills runs 78% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 175 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in Forest Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 February 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.