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Cali Tajadas Bakery & Restaurant

45-18 104 STREET, Queens, 11368

Should you eat here?

Mostly OK — but 2 critical violations were found at the latest inspection (1 year ago). Details below.

Last inspected Apr 21, 2025 · New York City health department

What the inspector found on Apr 21, 2025

  • An issue with how food is prepared, protected, or handled during service.

    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

  • Food was not kept hot or cold enough. Wrong temperatures let bacteria grow.

    After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.

    Critical

  • A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.

    Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.

Inspection history

DateResultTypeViolations
Apr 21, 2025Grade PendingPre-permit (Operational) / Compliance Inspection3 (2 critical)
Feb 26, 2025Grade BPre-permit (Operational) / Re-inspection3 (1 critical)
Dec 23, 2024Grade PendingPre-permit (Operational) / Initial Inspection6 (3 critical)

Problems that keep coming back

Issues cited at more than one inspection — a better signal than any single visit.

  • 2×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.
  • 2×A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.

Around this address

City records for the building itself, not this restaurant’s inspection.

  • 2 rodent inspections on record, none finding rat activity.
  • 9 recent 311 complaints filed at this address.

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