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Veracruzano
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 25, 2025
- address30-19 Astoria Boulevard, Queens 11102
- cuisineMexican
- phone7184409150
Is Veracruzano clean?
Veracruzano is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 25, 2025. 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 Veracruzano?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
When was Veracruzano last inspected?
Veracruzano has 3 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2023, averaging 16 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 25, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| May 30, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 10, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
Veracruzano vs Old Astoria
Old Astoria runs 85% clean across 88 tracked restaurants — 69 clean, 3 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 88 spots Cooked tracks in Old Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.
Other spots in Old Astoria
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 September 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.