Little Chef Little Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 26, 2026 →
• address5-43 48 Avenue, Queens 11101
• cuisineSoups/Salads/Sandwiches
• phone8453104255

Is Little Chef Little Cafe clean?

Little Chef Little Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 26, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Little Chef Little Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.

When was Little Chef Little Cafe last inspected?

Little Chef Little Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to July 9, 2024, averaging 12 points.

Little Chef Little Cafe vs Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth

Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth runs 77% clean across 556 tracked restaurants — 364 clean, 32 mid, 78 cooked.

Against the 556 spots Cooked tracks in Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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