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Mama's Cooking
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJune 25, 2025
- address1044 Beach 21 Street, Queens 11691
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone7187597078
Is Mama's Cooking clean?
Mama's Cooking is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. 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 Mama's Cooking?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalProperly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
When was Mama's Cooking last inspected?
Mama's Cooking has 5 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2023, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| June 25, 2025 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| April 18, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
| April 4, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| May 25, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
Mama's Cooking vs Far Rockaway-Bayswater
Far Rockaway-Bayswater runs 71% clean across 45 tracked restaurants — 29 clean, 5 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 45 spots Cooked tracks in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.
Other spots in Far Rockaway-Bayswater
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 June 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.