Secret Kitchen

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score23 pts
• critical violations5
• last inspectedJanuary 15, 2026
• address185-20 Horace Harding Expressway, Queens 11365
• cuisineChinese
• phone7189383309

Is Secret Kitchen clean?

Secret Kitchen is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 15, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Secret Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Secret Kitchen last inspected?

Secret Kitchen has 5 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2023, averaging 27 points.

Secret Kitchen vs Fresh Meadows-Utopia

Fresh Meadows-Utopia runs 77% clean across 66 tracked restaurants — 47 clean, 2 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 66 spots Cooked tracks in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 January 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.