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The Bad Old Days
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 4, 2025
- address1684 Woodbine Street, Queens 11385
- cuisineAmerican
- phone3476960612
Is The Bad Old Days clean?
The Bad Old Days is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 4, 2025. 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 The Bad Old Days?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was The Bad Old Days last inspected?
The Bad Old Days has 3 inspections on record going back to October 24, 2022, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 4, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| January 11, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| October 24, 2022 | Grade A | 11 pts |
The Bad Old Days 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 53% 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 October 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.