Pleasant Ave Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 10, 2025
• address20-72 Steinway Street, Queens 11105
• cuisineEastern European
• phone7186900253

Is Pleasant Ave Cafe clean?

Pleasant Ave Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 10, 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 Pleasant Ave Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.

When was Pleasant Ave Cafe last inspected?

Pleasant Ave Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2025, averaging 20 points.

Pleasant Ave Cafe vs Steinway

Steinway runs 82% clean across 184 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 16 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 184 spots Cooked tracks in Steinway, this one comes out cleaner than 44% 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 April 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.