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Prima Donna
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 9, 2024
- address90-18 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11372
- cuisineLatin American
- phone9174151449
Is Prima Donna clean?
Prima Donna is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 9, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Prima Donna?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 9, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰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.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🕳️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 Prima Donna last inspected?
Prima Donna has 5 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2022, averaging 41 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 17, 2024 | — | |
| September 9, 2024 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| July 25, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 61 pts |
| January 4, 2023 | Grade B | 39 pts |
| May 18, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 37 pts |
Prima Donna vs Elmhurst
Elmhurst runs 73% clean across 290 tracked restaurants — 203 clean, 36 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 290 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 September 9, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.