East Catering & Restaurant

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• inspection score25 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 22, 2024
• address42-07 Main Street, Queens 11355
• cuisineChinese
• phone7183536333

Is East Catering & Restaurant clean?

East Catering & Restaurant is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 22, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. 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 East Catering & Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 22, 2024, 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.
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🍽️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.
• 🚿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.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.

When was East Catering & Restaurant last inspected?

East Catering & Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2024, averaging 25 points.

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Against the 625 spots Cooked tracks in Flushing, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 July 22, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.