Cold Stone Creamery

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 11, 2025 →
• address88-01 Queens Boulevard, Queens 11373
• cuisineFrozen Desserts
• phone7187600800

Is Cold Stone Creamery clean?

Cold Stone Creamery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 11, 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 Cold Stone Creamery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• ⚠️Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)
• ⚠️Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availability
• ⚠️“Choking first aid” poster not posted. “Alcohol and Pregnancy” warning sign not posted. Resuscitation equipment: exhaled air resuscitation masks (adult & pediatric), latex gloves, sign not posted.

When was Cold Stone Creamery last inspected?

Cold Stone Creamery has 2 inspections on record going back to January 30, 2024, averaging 15 points.

Cold Stone Creamery vs Elmhurst

Elmhurst runs 73% clean across 294 tracked restaurants — 205 clean, 35 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 294 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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