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Lornas Take Out
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 2, 2023
- address126-17 Merrick Boulevard, Queens 11434
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone7187495692
Is Lornas Take Out clean?
Lornas Take Out is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 2, 2023. 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 Lornas Take Out?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 2, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was Lornas Take Out last inspected?
Lornas Take Out has 2 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 11, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| February 2, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Lornas Take Out vs St. Albans
St. Albans runs 73% clean across 79 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 5 mid, 13 cooked.
Against the 79 spots Cooked tracks in St. Albans, this one comes out cleaner than 42% of them.
Other spots in St. Albans
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 February 2, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.