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Beni's Restaurant & Bar
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score15 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 8, 2025
- address129-20 Liberty Avenue, Queens 11419
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone7187389700
Is Beni's Restaurant & Bar clean?
Beni's Restaurant & Bar is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Beni's Restaurant & Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Beni's Restaurant & Bar last inspected?
Beni's Restaurant & Bar has 10 inspections on record going back to November 3, 2022, averaging 35 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2026 | — | |
| September 8, 2025 | Grade B | 15 pts |
| March 18, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 14 pts |
| August 29, 2024 | Grade C | 36 pts |
| June 3, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 53 pts |
| January 25, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 10 pts |
| January 23, 2023 | closed by the city | 48 pts |
| January 9, 2023 | closed by the city | 62 pts |
| December 22, 2022 | Grade C | 33 pts |
| November 3, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
Beni's Restaurant & Bar vs South Ozone Park
South Ozone Park runs 76% clean across 184 tracked restaurants — 131 clean, 18 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 184 spots Cooked tracks in South Ozone Park, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 September 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.