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Morena's Kitchen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 4, 2025
- address111-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11368
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone7188032015
Is Morena's Kitchen clean?
Morena's Kitchen is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 4, 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 Morena's Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availabilityFailure to display required signage about plastic straw availability
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating informationFailure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- ⚠️Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)
When was Morena's Kitchen last inspected?
Morena's Kitchen has 4 inspections on record going back to August 10, 2023, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| March 5, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 12 pts |
| August 22, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| August 10, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
Morena's Kitchen vs Corona
Corona runs 71% clean across 78 tracked restaurants — 48 clean, 10 mid, 10 cooked.
Against the 78 spots Cooked tracks in Corona, this one comes out cleaner than 66% 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 June 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.