Cooked?Make Believe Bakeshop
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 24, 2025 →
- address25-11 Astoria Boulevard, Queens 11102
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone9294893131
Is Make Believe Bakeshop clean?
Make Believe Bakeshop is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 24, 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 Make Believe Bakeshop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueMechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
When was Make Believe Bakeshop last inspected?
Make Believe Bakeshop has 2 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2024, averaging 6 points.
September 24, 2025 A
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View full inspection →May 13, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Make Believe Bakeshop vs Old Astoria
Old Astoria runs 88% clean across 91 tracked restaurants — 71 clean, 4 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 91 spots Cooked tracks in Old Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 78% 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 September 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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