Mama Rosa's

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• grade postedNovember 13, 2025
• inspection score24 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 28, 2026 →
• address40-06 Junction Boulevard, Queens 11368
• cuisineLatin American
• phone9292080085

Is Mama Rosa's clean?

Mama Rosa's currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on November 13, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on September 28, 2026 scoring 24 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Mama Rosa's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.

When was Mama Rosa's last inspected?

Mama Rosa's has 4 inspections on record going back to January 2, 2024, averaging 22 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Mama Rosa's vs Elmhurst

Elmhurst runs 72% clean across 299 tracked restaurants — 203 clean, 38 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 299 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 5% of them.

Other spots in Elmhurst

• B Burger King
  mid · April 28, 2026
• A Juquila
  clean · June 19, 2026
• A Viva Juarez
  clean · November 24, 2025
• A Luna's Kitchen & Bar
  clean · September 19, 2026
• ⏳ Domino's
  cooked · October 14, 2026
• A Bobba Hubba
  clean · September 22, 2025

See every restaurant inspection in Elmhurst →

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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

check your own block 📸

Cooked covers 10 cities on official inspection data — see who's clean, mid, or cooked near you.