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Cove Restaurant
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 14, 2024
- address243-10 Merrick Boulevard, Queens 11422
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone7187080118
Is Cove Restaurant clean?
Cove Restaurant is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 14, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Cove Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 14, 2024, 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.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Cove Restaurant last inspected?
Cove Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2024, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 22, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| June 14, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Cove Restaurant vs Rosedale
Rosedale runs 85% clean across 36 tracked restaurants — 29 clean, 1 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 36 spots Cooked tracks in Rosedale, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 June 14, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.