Palermo

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 5, 2026 →
• address23-92 21 Street, Queens 11105
• cuisineItalian
• phone7182670010

Is Palermo clean?

Palermo is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 5, 2026. 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 Palermo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🌡️food-temperature slipcritical
  Meat, fish, molluscan shellfish, unpasteurized raw shell eggs, poultry or other TCS offered or served raw or undercooked and written notice not provided to consumer.

When was Palermo last inspected?

Palermo has 4 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2022, averaging 8 points.

Palermo vs Steinway

Steinway runs 83% clean across 187 tracked restaurants — 137 clean, 15 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 187 spots Cooked tracks in Steinway, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 August 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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