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Black Star Bakery & Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 25, 2025
- address2-10 50 Avenue, Queens 11101
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone7184339189
Is Black Star Bakery & Cafe clean?
Black Star Bakery & Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 25, 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 Black Star Bakery & Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🛠️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.
When was Black Star Bakery & Cafe last inspected?
Black Star Bakery & Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to April 21, 2023, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 25, 2025 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| December 24, 2024 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| September 19, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
| April 21, 2023 | Grade A | 5 pts |
Black Star Bakery & Cafe vs Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth
Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth runs 76% clean across 540 tracked restaurants — 359 clean, 31 mid, 81 cooked.
Against the 540 spots Cooked tracks in Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth, this one comes out cleaner than 83% 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 September 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.