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 issue
  Wash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Accurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
• ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Tropical Taste last inspected?

Tropical Taste has 6 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2022, averaging 23 points.

Tropical Taste vs Rugby-Remsen Village

Rugby-Remsen Village runs 82% clean across 80 tracked restaurants — 61 clean, 2 mid, 11 cooked.

Against the 80 spots Cooked tracks in Rugby-Remsen Village, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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.

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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 July 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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