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Arepa Lady
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score48 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJuly 13, 2026
- address77-17 37 Avenue, Queens 11372
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9177451111
Is Arepa Lady clean?
New York currently lists Arepa Lady as grade pending, following an inspection on July 13, 2026 that scored 48 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was A on July 1, 2024.
What did inspectors find at Arepa Lady?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Equipment used for ROP not approved by the DepartmentEquipment used for ROP not approved by the Department
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalHACCP plan not approved or approved HACCP plan not maintained on premises.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, 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.
When was Arepa Lady last inspected?
Arepa Lady has 4 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2023, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 48 pts |
| December 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
| July 1, 2024 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| February 13, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Arepa Lady vs Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights runs 75% clean across 345 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 38 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 345 spots Cooked tracks in Jackson Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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.
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 July 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.