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La Espiga Restaurant And Bakery
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 6, 2025
- address42-11 102 Street, Queens 11368
- cuisineSpanish
- phone7187797898
Is La Espiga Restaurant And Bakery clean?
La Espiga Restaurant And Bakery is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at La Espiga Restaurant And Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueToilet facility not maintained or provided with toilet paper, waste receptacle or self-closing door.
- 🛠️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.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
When was La Espiga Restaurant And Bakery last inspected?
La Espiga Restaurant And Bakery has 4 inspections on record going back to April 24, 2023, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 13, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| August 6, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| September 28, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
| April 24, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
La Espiga Restaurant And Bakery vs North Corona
North Corona runs 73% clean across 194 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 25 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 194 spots Cooked tracks in North Corona, this one comes out cleaner than 62% 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 August 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.