La Garra Catracha Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 9, 2025 →
• address169-24 Jamaica Avenue, Queens 11432
• cuisineSpanish
• phone9195375734

Is La Garra Catracha Restaurant clean?

La Garra Catracha Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 9, 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 La Garra Catracha Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-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.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was La Garra Catracha Restaurant last inspected?

La Garra Catracha Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2022, averaging 16 points.

La Garra Catracha Restaurant vs Jamaica

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Against the 233 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica, 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.

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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 June 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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