Ideal Jamaican Flavors

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 4, 2026 →
• address172-06 Linden Boulevard, Queens 11434
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone5166035274

Is Ideal Jamaican Flavors clean?

Ideal Jamaican Flavors is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 4, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ideal Jamaican Flavors?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 4, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Accurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
• 🛠️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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Ideal Jamaican Flavors last inspected?

Ideal Jamaican Flavors has 4 inspections on record going back to January 11, 2023, averaging 11 points.

Ideal Jamaican Flavors vs St. Albans

St. Albans runs 76% clean across 81 tracked restaurants — 51 clean, 6 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 81 spots Cooked tracks in St. Albans, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 September 4, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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