Tex-Mex · 102 3 Avenue · Manhattan 10003
B Grade B posted 2022-12-27. The most recent inspection (2024-07-03) scored 19 points — 14–27 is B range, 28 or more is C — and a re-inspection will set the new grade.
2024-07-03 · Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection · Violations were cited · score 19
| Code | Description | Critical |
|---|---|---|
| 02B | Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F. | 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 |
| 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 |
2024-07-03 · Administrative Miscellaneous / Initial Inspection · Violations were cited
| Code | Description | Critical |
|---|---|---|
| 20-05 | Current letter grade or "Grade Pending" card not conspicuously posted or visible to passersby | — |
2022-12-27 · Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection · Violations were cited · score 16 B
| Code | Description | Critical |
|---|---|---|
| 04L | Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas. | 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 |
| 06C | Food, supplies, and equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. | Critical |
| 08A | Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests. | — |
2022-05-17 · Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection · Violations were cited · score 0
| Code | Description | Critical |
|---|---|---|
| 02H | Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140º F to 70º F or less within 2 hours, and from 70º F to 41º F or less within 4 additional hours. | Critical |
| 04C | Food worker does not use proper utensil to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment. | Critical |
| 04M | Live roaches present in facility's food and/or non-food areas. | Critical |
| 08A | Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist. | — |
| 10H | Proper sanitization not provided for utensil ware washing operation. | — |
Inspectors recorded evidence of mice on 1 inspection: 2022-12-27
GRADE A
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1 food-poisoning report to 311 at this address in the last three years (0 with three or more people sick)
3 Food Establishment complaints to 311 at this address in the last three years (most often: Letter Grading) · complaints filed by the public; DOHMH investigates, outcomes aren't published.
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
102 3 Avenue