Cafe Rockaway

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 17, 2026 →
• address64-08A Beach Channel Drive, Queens 11692
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7189454444

Is Cafe Rockaway clean?

Cafe Rockaway is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 17, 2026. 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 Rockaway?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🛠️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.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Cafe Rockaway last inspected?

Cafe Rockaway has 2 inspections on record going back to January 21, 2025, averaging 11 points.

Cafe Rockaway vs Hammels-Arverne-Edgemere

Hammels-Arverne-Edgemere runs 90% clean across 48 tracked restaurants — 38 clean, 1 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 48 spots Cooked tracks in Hammels-Arverne-Edgemere, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 June 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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