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Cafe De Olla
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 7, 2025
- address38-07 Broadway, Queens 11103
- cuisineMexican
- phone3479329636
Is Cafe De Olla clean?
Cafe De Olla is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 7, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe De Olla?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Cafe De Olla last inspected?
Cafe De Olla has 4 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2022, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| May 23, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| December 21, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 3 pts |
| December 15, 2022 | closed by the city | 55 pts |
Cafe De Olla vs Astoria
Astoria runs 74% clean across 503 tracked restaurants — 326 clean, 39 mid, 76 cooked.
Against the 503 spots Cooked tracks in Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 April 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.