Metro Diner

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 17, 2025 →
• address73-24 Metropolitan Avenue, Queens 11379
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7183267402

Is Metro Diner clean?

Metro Diner is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Metro Diner?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• ⚠️Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availability
• ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
• ⚠️Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)
• 🧽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.

When was Metro Diner last inspected?

Metro Diner has 3 inspections on record going back to April 12, 2023, averaging 12 points.

Metro Diner vs Middle Village

Middle Village runs 75% clean across 61 tracked restaurants — 43 clean, 4 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 61 spots Cooked tracks in Middle Village, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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.

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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 — this listing's most recent inspection is dated December 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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