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Eastern Chinese Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 3, 2025
- address21-05 Broadway, Queens 11106
- cuisineChinese
- phone7182787333
Is Eastern Chinese Restaurant clean?
Eastern Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Eastern Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 3, 2025, 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.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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 Eastern Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
Eastern Chinese Restaurant has 7 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2022, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| August 29, 2024 | Grade C | 3 pts |
| August 28, 2024 | closed by the city | 14 pts |
| August 26, 2024 | closed by the city | 67 pts |
| May 7, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| December 1, 2022 | Grade B | 17 pts |
| July 25, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
Eastern Chinese Restaurant vs Astoria
Astoria runs 74% clean across 503 tracked restaurants — 326 clean, 39 mid, 76 cooked.
Against the 503 spots Cooked tracks in Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 67% 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 March 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.