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Gao's Crab & Kabob
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 17, 2024
- address136-72 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11354
- cuisineChinese
- phone7187990338
Is Gao's Crab & Kabob clean?
Gao's Crab & Kabob is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 17, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. 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 Gao's Crab & Kabob?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2024, 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 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 Gao's Crab & Kabob last inspected?
Gao's Crab & Kabob has 5 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2022, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 45 pts |
| December 17, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| October 16, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
| April 2, 2023 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| December 28, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 50 pts |
Gao's Crab & Kabob vs Flushing
Flushing runs 64% clean across 625 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 60 mid, 132 cooked.
Against the 625 spots Cooked tracks in Flushing, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 December 17, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.