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Cafe Borabora
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 21, 2025
- address97-08 Queens Boulevard, Queens 11374
- cuisineBagels/Pretzels
- phone7182754900
Is Cafe Borabora clean?
Cafe Borabora is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 21, 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 Cafe Borabora?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 21, 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.
- 🕳️conditions that attract pestsGarbage receptacle not pest or water resistant, with tight-fitting lids, and covered except while in active use. Garbage receptacle and cover not cleaned after emptying and prior to reuse. Garbage, refuse and other solid and liquid waste not collected, stored, removed and disposed of so as to prevent a nuisance.
- 🛠️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 Cafe Borabora last inspected?
Cafe Borabora has 5 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2022, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| June 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 34 pts |
| January 24, 2024 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| September 2, 2022 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| July 29, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
Cafe Borabora vs Rego Park
Rego Park runs 84% clean across 71 tracked restaurants — 56 clean, 3 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 71 spots Cooked tracks in Rego Park, this one comes out cleaner than 55% 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 July 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.