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Aura
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score59 pts
- critical violations6
- last inspectedJune 28, 2026
- address130-18 101 Avenue, Queens 11419
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone7188056507
Is Aura clean?
New York currently lists Aura as grade pending, following an inspection on June 28, 2026 that scored 59 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 March 16, 2018.
What did inspectors find at Aura?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalNo approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
- ⚠️Flavored tobacco products sold, offered for saleFlavored tobacco products sold, offered for sale
- ⚠️Failure to make a good faith effort to inform smokers or electronic cigarette users of Smoke-Free Air Act ("SFAA") prohibitionsFailure to make a good faith effort to inform smokers or electronic cigarette users of Smoke-Free Air Act ("SFAA") prohibitions
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️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.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- ⚠️Original label for smoking products sold or offered for sale.Original label for smoking products sold or offered for sale.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalProperly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Aura last inspected?
Aura has 5 inspections on record going back to April 29, 2016, averaging 19 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 28, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 59 pts |
| August 10, 2018 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| March 16, 2018 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| July 29, 2017 | no grade issued ⏳ | 9 pts |
| April 29, 2016 | Grade A | 0 pts |
Aura vs Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill runs 68% clean across 146 tracked restaurants — 91 clean, 15 mid, 28 cooked.
Against the 146 spots Cooked tracks in Richmond Hill, 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 June 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.