Ralph's Famous Italian Ices

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 11, 2026 →
• address12-48 Clintonville Street, Queens 11357
• cuisineFrozen Desserts
• phone7187461456

Is Ralph's Famous Italian Ices clean?

Ralph's Famous Italian Ices is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 11, 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 Ralph's Famous Italian Ices?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼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.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.

When was Ralph's Famous Italian Ices last inspected?

Ralph's Famous Italian Ices has 3 inspections on record going back to June 6, 2023, averaging 16 points.

Ralph's Famous Italian Ices vs Whitestone

Whitestone runs 93% clean across 70 tracked restaurants — 62 clean, 1 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 70 spots Cooked tracks in Whitestone, this one comes out cleaner than 55% 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 March 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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