Mela Pizza

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 19, 2024
• address31-01 Newtown Avenue, Queens 11102
• cuisinePizza
• phone7187775533

Is Mela Pizza clean?

Mela Pizza is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 19, 2024. 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 Mela Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 19, 2024, 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.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Mela Pizza last inspected?

Mela Pizza has 4 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2022, averaging 18 points.

Mela Pizza vs Old Astoria

Old Astoria runs 85% clean across 88 tracked restaurants — 69 clean, 3 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 88 spots Cooked tracks in Old Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 December 19, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.