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Arepalicious
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 17, 2025
- address137-20 Crossbay Boulevard, Queens 11417
- cuisineSpanish
- phone7184806049
Is Arepalicious clean?
Arepalicious is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 17, 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 Arepalicious?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Arepalicious last inspected?
Arepalicious has 7 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2023, averaging 16 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| October 30, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
| April 19, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| August 21, 2024 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| June 15, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| June 11, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| February 2, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
Arepalicious vs Ozone Park
Ozone Park runs 88% clean across 58 tracked restaurants — 44 clean, 2 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 58 spots Cooked tracks in Ozone Park, this one comes out cleaner than 48% of them.
Other spots in Ozone Park
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 December 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.