Briarwood Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score9 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 18, 2025 →
• address138-49 Queens Boulevard, Queens 11435
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7182977494

Is Briarwood Cafe clean?

Briarwood Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 18, 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 Briarwood Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
• 🧤food-handling slipcritical
  Tobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
• 🛠️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 Briarwood Cafe last inspected?

Briarwood Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2023, averaging 14 points.

Briarwood Cafe vs Briarwood-Jamaica Hills

Briarwood-Jamaica Hills runs 72% clean across 77 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 6 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 77 spots Cooked tracks in Briarwood-Jamaica Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 69% of them.

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• ? Knights Inn
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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 November 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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