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Tropical Taste
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 13, 2026
- address5403 Church Avenue, Brooklyn 11203
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone6467645933
Is Tropical Taste clean?
Tropical Taste is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 13, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tropical Taste?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating informationFailure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueAccurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
When was Tropical Taste last inspected?
Tropical Taste has 6 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2022, averaging 23 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| April 14, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 11 pts |
| February 1, 2024 | Grade C | 32 pts |
| December 19, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 50 pts |
| September 7, 2022 | Grade B | 22 pts |
Tropical Taste vs Rugby-Remsen Village
Rugby-Remsen Village runs 84% clean across 78 tracked restaurants — 61 clean, 3 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 78 spots Cooked tracks in Rugby-Remsen Village, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.
Other spots in Rugby-Remsen Village
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 July 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.