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Top Tasty Bagel
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 23, 2025
- address86-19 Northern Boulevard, Queens 11372
- cuisineAmerican
- phone7185050505
Is Top Tasty Bagel clean?
Top Tasty Bagel is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 23, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Top Tasty Bagel?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueMechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Top Tasty Bagel last inspected?
Top Tasty Bagel has 7 inspections on record going back to July 18, 2023, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 23, 2025 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| July 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| July 9, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 20, 2024 | Grade C | 37 pts |
| January 17, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 34 pts |
| August 3, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| July 18, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
Top Tasty Bagel vs Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights runs 75% clean across 345 tracked restaurants — 241 clean, 38 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 345 spots Cooked tracks in Jackson Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 July 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.