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Merguez & Frites
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 12, 2025
- address40-06 25 Avenue, Queens 11103
- cuisineMoroccan
- phone9173656877
Is Merguez & Frites clean?
Merguez & Frites is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 12, 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 Merguez & Frites?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Merguez & Frites last inspected?
Merguez & Frites has 4 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2022, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 12, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| October 15, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| April 10, 2023 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| September 15, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
Merguez & Frites vs Astoria
Astoria runs 74% clean across 503 tracked restaurants — 326 clean, 39 mid, 76 cooked.
Against the 503 spots Cooked tracks in Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 67% 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 February 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.