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Belly Cake
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 17, 2025
- address38-36 Bell Boulevard, Queens 11361
- cuisineAmerican
- phone7182250364
Is Belly Cake clean?
Belly Cake is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Belly Cake?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup offSingle service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
When was Belly Cake last inspected?
Belly Cake has 3 inspections on record going back to May 24, 2024, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| June 17, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| May 24, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Belly Cake vs Bayside-Bayside Hills
Bayside-Bayside Hills runs 80% clean across 191 tracked restaurants — 142 clean, 10 mid, 25 cooked.
Against the 191 spots Cooked tracks in Bayside-Bayside Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 72% 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 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.