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Sizzle Shawarma & Falafel Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 16, 2025
- address186-15 Union Turnpike, Queens 11366
- cuisineJewish/Kosher
- phone7184874696
Is Sizzle Shawarma & Falafel Bar clean?
Sizzle Shawarma & Falafel Bar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 16, 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 Sizzle Shawarma & Falafel Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Sizzle Shawarma & Falafel Bar last inspected?
Sizzle Shawarma & Falafel Bar has 3 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2022, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 16, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| August 31, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 7, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 14 pts |
Sizzle Shawarma & Falafel Bar 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 23% 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 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.