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Kantu Peruvian Cuisine
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score15 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 8, 2025
- address105-07 Metropolitan Avenue, Queens 11375
- cuisinePeruvian
- phone7183743464
Is Kantu Peruvian Cuisine clean?
Kantu Peruvian Cuisine is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Kantu Peruvian Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
When was Kantu Peruvian Cuisine last inspected?
Kantu Peruvian Cuisine has 4 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2023, averaging 26 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 | Grade B | 15 pts |
| March 24, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| October 12, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 5, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 46 pts |
Kantu Peruvian Cuisine vs Forest Hills
Forest Hills runs 78% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 175 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in Forest Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 May 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.