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La Ricura Restaurant Bakery
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedMay 30, 2026
- address91-23 37 Avenue, Queens 11372
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7186511210
Is La Ricura Restaurant Bakery clean?
New York currently lists La Ricura Restaurant Bakery as grade pending, following an inspection on May 30, 2026 that scored 27 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was B on December 24, 2024.
What did inspectors find at La Ricura Restaurant Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍽️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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was La Ricura Restaurant Bakery last inspected?
La Ricura Restaurant Bakery has 5 inspections on record going back to June 1, 2023, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| April 20, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| December 24, 2024 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| September 20, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
| June 1, 2023 | Grade A | 7 pts |
La Ricura Restaurant Bakery vs Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights runs 75% clean across 345 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 38 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 345 spots Cooked tracks in Jackson Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 May 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.