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Don Alex
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 31, 2025
- address97-05 64 Avenue, Queens 11374
- cuisinePeruvian
- phone3479922606
Is Don Alex clean?
New York currently lists Don Alex as grade pending, following an inspection on October 31, 2025 that scored 27 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was B on August 29, 2023.
What did inspectors find at Don Alex?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- 🦪shellfish with no paper trailcriticalShellfish not from approved source, not or improperly tagged/labeled; tags not retained for 90 days.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not postedCurrent letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
When was Don Alex last inspected?
Don Alex has 3 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2023, averaging 31 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| November 4, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 42 pts |
| August 29, 2023 | Grade B | 25 pts |
Don Alex vs Rego Park
Rego Park runs 84% clean across 71 tracked restaurants — 56 clean, 3 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 71 spots Cooked tracks in Rego Park, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 October 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.