Kate's Corner Cafe

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedMay 30, 2025
• inspection score26 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 17, 2026 →
• address41-25 20 Avenue, Queens 11105
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7189562929

Is Kate's Corner Cafe clean?

Kate's Corner Cafe currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on May 30, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on September 17, 2026 scoring 26 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Kate's Corner Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
  Roaches were cited at this visit · September 17, 2026.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🛠️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.

When was Kate's Corner Cafe last inspected?

Kate's Corner Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2022, averaging 17 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Kate's Corner Cafe vs Steinway

Steinway runs 82% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 140 clean, 14 mid, 17 cooked.

Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Steinway, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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