Benny's Pizza Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 13, 2025
• address175-63 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11432
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7186573537

Is Benny's Pizza Restaurant clean?

Benny's Pizza Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 13, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Benny's Pizza Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.

When was Benny's Pizza Restaurant last inspected?

Benny's Pizza Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to May 8, 2023, averaging 11 points.

Benny's Pizza Restaurant vs Jamaica Estates-Holliswood

Jamaica Estates-Holliswood runs 78% clean across 53 tracked restaurants — 40 clean, 2 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 53 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, this one comes out cleaner than 65% 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 May 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.