Al-Sham Sweets & Pastries

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 28, 2026 →
• address24-39 Steinway Street, Queens 11103
• cuisineMiddle Eastern
• phone7187770876

Is Al-Sham Sweets & Pastries clean?

Al-Sham Sweets & Pastries is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 28, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Al-Sham Sweets & Pastries?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  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.

When was Al-Sham Sweets & Pastries last inspected?

Al-Sham Sweets & Pastries has 3 inspections on record going back to August 21, 2023, averaging 17 points.

Al-Sham Sweets & Pastries vs Astoria

Astoria runs 73% clean across 509 tracked restaurants — 326 clean, 41 mid, 77 cooked.

Against the 509 spots Cooked tracks in Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 March 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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