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The Kiss Me Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
- address42-18 Junction Boulevard, Queens 11368
- cuisineLatin American
- phone6464965657
Is The Kiss Me Bar clean?
The Kiss Me Bar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 10, 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 Kiss Me Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🛠️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.
When was The Kiss Me Bar last inspected?
The Kiss Me Bar has 2 inspections on record going back to November 8, 2025, averaging 33 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| November 8, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 53 pts |
The Kiss Me Bar vs Elmhurst
Elmhurst runs 73% clean across 290 tracked restaurants — 203 clean, 36 mid, 40 cooked.
Against the 290 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 December 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.