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King's Garden Chinese Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 3, 2025
- address96-06 31 Avenue, Queens 11369
- cuisineChinese
- phone7186723805
Is King's Garden Chinese Restaurant clean?
King's Garden Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 3, 2025. 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 King's Garden Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueSwollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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 coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was King's Garden Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
King's Garden Chinese Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2023, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 3, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 21, 2023 | Grade A | 7 pts |
King's Garden Chinese Restaurant vs East Elmhurst
East Elmhurst runs 74% clean across 39 tracked restaurants — 26 clean, 5 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 39 spots Cooked tracks in East Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 46% 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 November 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.