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Barrio Slice
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score23 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedApril 9, 2026
- address178-23 Jamaica Avenue, Queens 11432
- cuisineAmerican
- phone9176599566
Is Barrio Slice clean?
Barrio Slice is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 9, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Barrio Slice?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Barrio Slice last inspected?
Barrio Slice has 3 inspections on record going back to February 11, 2026, averaging 41 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2026 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| March 3, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| February 11, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 78 pts |
Barrio Slice vs Jamaica
Jamaica runs 76% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.
Other spots in Jamaica
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 April 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.