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.

• 🐛pest / contamination issuecritical
  Properly 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.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.

When was Himalayan Yak last inspected?

Himalayan Yak has 4 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2022, averaging 24 points.

Himalayan Yak vs Elmhurst-Maspeth

Elmhurst-Maspeth runs 60% clean across 75 tracked restaurants — 42 clean, 10 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 75 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst-Maspeth, this one comes out cleaner than 47% 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 June 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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