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Rasta Shack Island Spice
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedSeptember 6, 2024
- address92-01 165 Street, Queens 11433
- cuisineOther
- phone6318274757
Is Rasta Shack Island Spice clean?
Rasta Shack Island Spice is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 6, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Rasta Shack Island Spice?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 6, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🪰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.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Rasta Shack Island Spice last inspected?
Rasta Shack Island Spice has 3 inspections on record going back to August 6, 2024, averaging 33 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2025 | — | |
| September 6, 2024 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| August 6, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
Rasta Shack Island Spice vs Jamaica
Jamaica runs 76% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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 6, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.