Cooked?Don Alex
- gradeGrade pending
- grade postedJanuary 22, 2025
- inspection score24 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJune 17, 2026 →
- address95-44 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11372
- cuisinePeruvian
- phone9087649740
Is Don Alex clean?
New York currently lists Don Alex as grade pending, following an inspection on June 17, 2026 that scored 24 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 January 22, 2025.
What did inspectors find at Don Alex?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth 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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Don Alex last inspected?
Don Alex has 4 inspections on record going back to July 11, 2024, averaging 23 points.
June 17, 2026 Score 24
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View full inspection →April 23, 2026 Score 11
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View full inspection →January 22, 2025 B
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View full inspection →July 11, 2024 Score 31
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View full inspection →Don Alex vs Elmhurst
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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 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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