Grandpa Chen Kissena Char Siu Bao

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• grade postedJuly 22, 2025
• inspection score20 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 21, 2026 →
• address60-08 Kissena Boulevard, Queens 11355
• cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
• phone7187990961

Is Grandpa Chen Kissena Char Siu Bao clean?

Grandpa Chen Kissena Char Siu Bao currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on July 22, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on August 21, 2026 scoring 20 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Grandpa Chen Kissena Char Siu Bao?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
• ⚠️Food adulterated or misbranded. Adulterated or misbranded food possessed, being manufactured, produced, packed, sold, offered for sale, delivered or given away

When was Grandpa Chen Kissena Char Siu Bao last inspected?

Grandpa Chen Kissena Char Siu Bao has 3 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2025, averaging 26 points.

Grandpa Chen Kissena Char Siu Bao vs Queensboro Hill

Queensboro Hill runs 58% clean across 35 tracked restaurants — 18 clean, 3 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 35 spots Cooked tracks in Queensboro Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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.

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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 August 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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