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Seneca Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 13, 2024
- address681 Seneca Avenue, Queens 11385
- cuisineOther
- phone9012705622
Is Seneca Bar clean?
Seneca Bar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 13, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Seneca Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 13, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalProperly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
When was Seneca Bar last inspected?
Seneca Bar has 2 inspections on record going back to October 24, 2022, averaging 6 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 13, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| October 24, 2022 | Grade A | 7 pts |
Seneca Bar 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 90% 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 13, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.