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Big John's Pizza & Restaurant
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score29 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedNovember 29, 2025
- address219-11 Jamaica Avenue, Queens 11428
- cuisinePizza
- phone7187856261
Is Big John's Pizza & Restaurant clean?
New York currently lists Big John's Pizza & Restaurant as grade pending, following an inspection on November 29, 2025 that scored 29 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was C on July 29, 2024.
What did inspectors find at Big John's Pizza & Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalNo hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold 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.
When was Big John's Pizza & Restaurant last inspected?
Big John's Pizza & Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2024, averaging 48 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 29, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| September 8, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| September 4, 2025 | closed by the city | 60 pts |
| March 5, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 43 pts |
| September 16, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| September 9, 2024 | closed by the city | 108 pts |
| July 29, 2024 | Grade C | 77 pts |
| May 16, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 64 pts |
Big John's Pizza & Restaurant vs Queens Village
Queens Village runs 76% clean across 77 tracked restaurants — 54 clean, 5 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 77 spots Cooked tracks in Queens Village, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 November 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.