Big John's Pizza & Restaurant

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedSeptember 8, 2025
• inspection score25 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 1, 2026 →
• 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 September 1, 2026 that scored 25 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 September 8, 2025.

What did inspectors find at Big John's Pizza & Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🌡️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.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
• 🛠️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 Big John's Pizza & Restaurant last inspected?

Big John's Pizza & Restaurant has 9 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2024, averaging 45 points.

Big John's Pizza & Restaurant vs Queens Village

Queens Village runs 80% clean across 78 tracked restaurants — 57 clean, 5 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 78 spots Cooked tracks in Queens Village, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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