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Relax Lounge
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 13, 2025
- address68-17 Forest Avenue, Queens 11385
- cuisineEastern European
- phone3477208826
Is Relax Lounge clean?
Relax Lounge is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 13, 2025. 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 Relax Lounge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Relax Lounge last inspected?
Relax Lounge has 5 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2023, averaging 23 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 13, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| August 15, 2025 | Grade C | 38 pts |
| January 15, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| March 11, 2024 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| May 25, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
Relax Lounge vs Ridgewood
Ridgewood runs 78% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 201 clean, 30 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Ridgewood, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 December 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.