Kew Motor Inn Restaurant & Bar

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score24 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 23, 2026 →
• address139-01 Grand Central Parkway, Queens 11435
• cuisineAmerican
• phone9175607766

Is Kew Motor Inn Restaurant & Bar clean?

Kew Motor Inn Restaurant & Bar is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 23, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Kew Motor Inn Restaurant & Bar?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️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.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.

When was Kew Motor Inn Restaurant & Bar last inspected?

Kew Motor Inn Restaurant & Bar has 4 inspections on record going back to May 22, 2023, averaging 25 points.

Kew Motor Inn Restaurant & Bar vs Kew Gardens Hills

Kew Gardens Hills runs 82% clean across 51 tracked restaurants — 37 clean, 3 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 51 spots Cooked tracks in Kew Gardens Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 March 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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