Ambassador Food Services

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 20, 2025 →
• address8-07 38 Avenue, Queens 11101
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7184722658

Is Ambassador Food Services clean?

Ambassador Food Services is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 20, 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 Ambassador Food Services?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  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.
• 🧼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.

When was Ambassador Food Services last inspected?

Ambassador Food Services has 3 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2022, averaging 8 points.

Ambassador Food Services vs Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City

Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City runs 78% clean across 106 tracked restaurants — 76 clean, 7 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 106 spots Cooked tracks in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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