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Van Dam Kitchen & Caterers
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 11, 2025
- address52-50 Van Dam Street, Queens 11101
- cuisineAmerican
- phone9178327979
Is Van Dam Kitchen & Caterers clean?
Van Dam Kitchen & Caterers is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 11, 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 Van Dam Kitchen & Caterers?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalNo approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
When was Van Dam Kitchen & Caterers last inspected?
Van Dam Kitchen & Caterers has 2 inspections on record going back to March 18, 2024, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 11, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| March 18, 2024 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Van Dam Kitchen & Caterers vs Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth
Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth runs 76% clean across 540 tracked restaurants — 359 clean, 31 mid, 81 cooked.
Against the 540 spots Cooked tracks in Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth, this one comes out cleaner than 65% 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 June 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.