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Best Caribbean Restaurant & Grill
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 22, 2024
- address91-02 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Queens 11693
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone3477277134
Is Best Caribbean Restaurant & Grill clean?
Best Caribbean Restaurant & Grill is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 22, 2024. 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 Best Caribbean Restaurant & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 22, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🪰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.
When was Best Caribbean Restaurant & Grill last inspected?
Best Caribbean Restaurant & Grill has 4 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2023, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| August 22, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 24, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| April 17, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
Best Caribbean Restaurant & Grill vs Hammels-Arverne-Edgemere
Hammels-Arverne-Edgemere runs 95% clean across 47 tracked restaurants — 40 clean, 1 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 47 spots Cooked tracks in Hammels-Arverne-Edgemere, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 August 22, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.