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House Of Hookah
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 24, 2024
- address39-07 Bell Boulevard, Queens 11361
- cuisineMiddle Eastern
- phone3479894640
Is House Of Hookah clean?
House Of Hookah is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 24, 2024. 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 House Of Hookah?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 24, 2024, 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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
When was House Of Hookah last inspected?
House Of Hookah has 2 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2023, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 24, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 6, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
House Of Hookah vs Bayside-Bayside Hills
Bayside-Bayside Hills runs 80% clean across 191 tracked restaurants — 142 clean, 10 mid, 25 cooked.
Against the 191 spots Cooked tracks in Bayside-Bayside Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 28% of them.
Other spots in Bayside-Bayside Hills
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 October 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.