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Nabanno Restaurant
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score34 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedOctober 21, 2025
- address169-22 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11432
- cuisineBangladeshi
- phone2124666377
Is Nabanno Restaurant clean?
Nabanno Restaurant is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 21, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Nabanno Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink issuescriticalNo hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🪰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.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueAccurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️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.
When was Nabanno Restaurant last inspected?
Nabanno Restaurant has 10 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2024, averaging 44 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
| October 21, 2025 | Grade C | 34 pts |
| July 1, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| April 23, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| April 21, 2025 | closed by the city | 18 pts |
| April 10, 2025 | closed by the city | 95 pts |
| January 17, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| January 10, 2025 | closed by the city | 90 pts |
| December 4, 2024 | Grade C | 44 pts |
| October 18, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 86 pts |
Nabanno Restaurant vs Jamaica
Jamaica runs 76% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 October 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.