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The Avenue
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score20 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 8, 2025
- address71-22 Myrtle Avenue, Queens 11385
- cuisineAmerican
- phone3477253853
Is The Avenue clean?
The Avenue is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at The Avenue?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was The Avenue last inspected?
The Avenue has 6 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2022, averaging 19 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 9, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| January 8, 2025 | Grade B | 20 pts |
| October 7, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| March 22, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| March 3, 2022 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| January 13, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 9 pts |
The Avenue vs Glendale
Glendale runs 83% clean across 64 tracked restaurants — 48 clean, 2 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 64 spots Cooked tracks in Glendale, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.