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Happy Garden
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score19 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 15, 2026
- address196-17 Linden Boulevard, Queens 11412
- cuisineChinese
- phone7182889259
Is Happy Garden clean?
New York currently lists Happy Garden as grade pending, following an inspection on June 15, 2026 that scored 19 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was B on October 15, 2024.
What did inspectors find at Happy Garden?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 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.
- 🔥hot food not kept hot enoughcriticalTime/Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) food not cooked to required minimum internal temperature. • Poultry, poultry parts, ground and comminuted poultry, all stuffing containing poultry, meats, fish or ratites to or above 165 °F for 15 seconds with no interruption of the cooking process • Ground meat, and food containing ground and comminuted meat, to or above 158 °F for 15 seconds with no interruption of the cooking process, except per individual customer request • Pork, any food containing pork to or above 150 °F for 15 seconds • Mechanically tenderized or injected meats to or above 155 °F. • Whole meat roasts and beef steak to or above required temperature and time except per individual customer request • Raw animal foods cooked in microwave to or above165 °F, covered, rotated or stirred • All other foods to or above 140 °F for 15 seconds; shell eggs to or above 145 °F for 15 seconds except per individual customer request.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
When was Happy Garden last inspected?
Happy Garden has 6 inspections on record going back to September 3, 2024, averaging 36 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 15, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| April 23, 2026 | — | |
| March 6, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| March 3, 2026 | closed by the city | 98 pts |
| October 15, 2024 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| September 3, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
Happy Garden vs St. Albans
St. Albans runs 73% clean across 79 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 5 mid, 13 cooked.
Against the 79 spots Cooked tracks in St. Albans, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 June 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.