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Latin American · Forest Hills, Queens

El Buen Sabor

96-07 Metropolitan Avenue, Queens 11375 · 3474805052

N/A NYC grade
64 Clean Score
N/A Inspection score
Sep 4, 2025 Last inspection

Currently on the watch list — recent inspection flagged elevated risk.

Most recent inspection

Administrative Miscellaneous / Re-inspection

Inspection history

Sep 4, 2025 · Grade N/A · Score N/A

Administrative Miscellaneous / Re-inspection

  • 19-06 — Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station) (critical)
  • 20-01 — Food allergy information poster not conspicuously posted where food is being prepared or processed by food workers. (critical)
  • 19-10 — Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availability (critical)
Sep 4, 2025 · Grade A · Score 12

Pre-permit (Operational) / Re-inspection

  • 02G — Cold 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. (critical)
  • 10F — Non-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. (critical)
Jul 24, 2025 · Grade N/A · Score 63

Pre-permit (Operational) / Initial Inspection

  • 06C — Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor. (critical)
  • 02G — Cold 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. (critical)
  • 05D — No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device. (critical)
  • 04N — Filth 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. (critical)
  • 03A — Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site. (critical)
  • 08A — Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests. (critical)
Jul 24, 2025 · Grade N/A · Score N/A

Trans Fat / Initial Inspection

  • 16-02 — The original nutrition fact labels or ingredient label for a cooking oil, shortening or margarine or food item sold in bulk, or acceptable manufacturer’s documentation not maintained on site.
Jul 24, 2025 · Grade N/A · Score N/A

Administrative Miscellaneous / Initial Inspection

  • 19-06 — Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station) (critical)
  • 19-10 — Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availability (critical)

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