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Mama's
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 10, 2025
- address13-01 40 Avenue, Queens 11101
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7187847045
Is Mama's clean?
Mama's is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 10, 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 Mama's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️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.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
When was Mama's last inspected?
Mama's has 4 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2023, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 19, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 62 pts |
| May 29, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 22, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Mama's vs Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City runs 78% clean across 104 tracked restaurants — 76 clean, 6 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 104 spots Cooked tracks in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City, this one comes out cleaner than 52% 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.
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 July 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.