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Canaan Bakery & Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 21, 2026
- address36-40 Union Street, Queens 11354
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone7184606094
Is Canaan Bakery & Cafe clean?
Canaan Bakery & Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 21, 2026. 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 Canaan Bakery & Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
When was Canaan Bakery & Cafe last inspected?
Canaan Bakery & Cafe has 9 inspections on record going back to August 31, 2023, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 22, 2026 | Grade C | 37 pts |
| December 12, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| September 8, 2025 | Grade C | 30 pts |
| August 15, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| December 23, 2024 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| October 1, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 69 pts |
| April 12, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| August 31, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
Canaan Bakery & Cafe vs Flushing
Flushing runs 64% clean across 625 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 60 mid, 132 cooked.
Against the 625 spots Cooked tracks in Flushing, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.