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Meet The Meat

health inspection grade Β· Steinway Β· Queens
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  • gradeGrade A
  • inspection score12 pts
  • critical violations2
  • last inspectedJanuary 22, 2026 β†’
  • address23-92 21 Street, Queens 11105
  • cuisineSteakhouse
  • phone9178327984
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Is Meet The Meat clean?

Meet The Meat is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations β€” the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean πŸ˜‡.

What did inspectors find at Meet The Meat?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

  • 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
    Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
  • 🍽️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 Meet The Meat last inspected?

Meet The Meat has 2 inspections on record going back to May 22, 2024, averaging 9 points.

January 22, 2026 A Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection Β· 12 pts Β· 2 failed findings

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May 22, 2024 A Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection Β· 5 pts Β· 1 failed finding

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Meet The Meat vs Steinway

Steinway runs 83% clean across 187 tracked restaurants β€” 137 clean, 15 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 187 spots Cooked tracks in Steinway, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 β€” it stays β€œGrade 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 β€” this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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