La Guardia Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 1, 2026 →
• address97-02 23 Avenue, Queens 11369
• cuisineLatin American
• phone7184580001

Is La Guardia Cafe clean?

La Guardia Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 1, 2026. 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 Guardia Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🛠️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 La Guardia Cafe last inspected?

La Guardia Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2024, averaging 26 points.

La Guardia Cafe vs East Elmhurst

East Elmhurst runs 72% clean across 41 tracked restaurants — 26 clean, 5 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 41 spots Cooked tracks in East Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 31% 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 May 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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