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)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food 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 pests
  Establishment 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.

Beni's Restaurant & Bar vs South Ozone Park

South Ozone Park runs 75% clean across 185 tracked restaurants — 132 clean, 18 mid, 25 cooked.

Against the 185 spots Cooked tracks in South Ozone Park, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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.

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