Pop's Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score7 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 4, 2025 →
• address85-22 Jamaica Avenue, Queens 11421
• cuisineSpanish
• phone7188462037

Is Pop's Restaurant clean?

Pop's Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 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 Pop's Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.

When was Pop's Restaurant last inspected?

Pop's Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2022, averaging 12 points.

Pop's Restaurant vs Woodhaven

Woodhaven runs 76% clean across 112 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 9 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 112 spots Cooked tracks in Woodhaven, this one comes out cleaner than 75% 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 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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