Momo Ashi

• last posted gradeGrade B · January 9, 2025
• inspection score59 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMarch 21, 2025 →
• address147-05 45 Avenue, Queens 11355
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone5186573505

Is Momo Ashi clean?

Momo Ashi is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on March 21, 2025. That inspection scored 59 points and cited 4 critical violations. 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. The last grade the city posted here was B on January 9, 2025, before the closure.

What did inspectors find at Momo Ashi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
• 🛠️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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🧽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.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Momo Ashi last inspected?

Momo Ashi has 5 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2023, averaging 43 points.

Momo Ashi vs East Flushing

East Flushing runs 60% clean across 47 tracked restaurants — 27 clean, 7 mid, 11 cooked.

Against the 47 spots Cooked tracks in East Flushing, 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.

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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 March 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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