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Himalayan Yak
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 5, 2025
- address72-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11372
- cuisineAsian/Asian Fusion
- phone7187791119
Is Himalayan Yak clean?
Himalayan Yak is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 5, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Himalayan Yak?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalProperly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
When was Himalayan Yak last inspected?
Himalayan Yak has 4 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2022, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 5, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| July 24, 2024 | — | |
| October 26, 2023 | Grade C | 37 pts |
| June 23, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
Himalayan Yak vs Elmhurst-Maspeth
Elmhurst-Maspeth runs 60% clean across 73 tracked restaurants — 42 clean, 10 mid, 18 cooked.
Against the 73 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst-Maspeth, this one comes out cleaner than 50% of them.
Other spots in Elmhurst-Maspeth
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 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.