Richie's Sweets & Treats

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score50 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 22, 2023
• address74-01 Metropolitan Avenue, Queens 11379
• cuisineAmerican
• phone3477239456

Is Richie's Sweets & Treats clean?

New York currently lists Richie's Sweets & Treats as grade pending, following an inspection on September 22, 2023 that scored 50 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Richie's Sweets & Treats?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
  Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.

When was Richie's Sweets & Treats last inspected?

Richie's Sweets & Treats has 1 inspection on record going back to September 22, 2023, averaging 50 points.

Richie's Sweets & Treats vs Middle Village

Middle Village runs 79% clean across 61 tracked restaurants — 44 clean, 4 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 61 spots Cooked tracks in Middle Village, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 22, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.