Cugini Pizzeria & Restaurant

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• inspection score11 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 13, 2025
• address73-28 Bell Boulevard, Queens 11364
• cuisineItalian
• phone3479816074

Is Cugini Pizzeria & Restaurant clean?

Cugini Pizzeria & Restaurant is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 13, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — 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 Cugini Pizzeria & Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 🚿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 Cugini Pizzeria & Restaurant last inspected?

Cugini Pizzeria & Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to May 27, 2025, averaging 23 points.

Cugini Pizzeria & Restaurant vs Oakland Gardens

Oakland Gardens runs 72% clean across 53 tracked restaurants — 34 clean, 3 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 53 spots Cooked tracks in Oakland Gardens, this one comes out cleaner than 62% 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 November 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.