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Melting Pot Cuisine
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 6, 2024
- address36-01 Vernon Boulevard, Queens 11106
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone7186062670
Is Melting Pot Cuisine clean?
Melting Pot Cuisine is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on December 6, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Melting Pot Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 6, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🕳️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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🚿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 Melting Pot Cuisine last inspected?
Melting Pot Cuisine has 5 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2024, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | closed by the city | 92 pts |
| August 16, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| December 6, 2024 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| September 29, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| May 21, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
Melting Pot Cuisine 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 0% 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 6, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.