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Forest Hills Express Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 16, 2026
- address63-66 108 Street, Queens 11375
- cuisineAmerican
- phone7182556636
Is Forest Hills Express Cafe clean?
Forest Hills Express Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 16, 2026. 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 Forest Hills Express Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- ⚠️Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)
- ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating informationFailure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
- ⚠️Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availabilityFailure to display required signage about plastic straw availability
- 🛠️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 Forest Hills Express Cafe last inspected?
Forest Hills Express Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to February 6, 2023, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 2026 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| October 3, 2024 | Grade B | 15 pts |
| September 4, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 55 pts |
| June 7, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| February 22, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| February 6, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 42 pts |
Forest Hills Express Cafe vs Forest Hills
Forest Hills runs 78% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 175 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in Forest Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 January 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.