Cuenca Coffee Shop Restaurant

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• grade postedDecember 31, 2025
• inspection score21 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 5, 2026 →
• address95-29 Jamaica Avenue, Queens 11421
• cuisineLatin American
• phone7188474642

Is Cuenca Coffee Shop Restaurant clean?

Cuenca Coffee Shop Restaurant currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on December 31, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on October 5, 2026 scoring 21 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Cuenca Coffee Shop Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
  Roaches were cited at this visit · October 5, 2026.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.

When was Cuenca Coffee Shop Restaurant last inspected?

Cuenca Coffee Shop Restaurant has 8 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2023, averaging 29 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Cuenca Coffee Shop Restaurant vs Woodhaven

Woodhaven runs 79% clean across 114 tracked restaurants — 81 clean, 10 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 114 spots Cooked tracks in Woodhaven, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 October 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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