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Vanilla Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 5, 2025
- address87-01 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 11372
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7185070807
Is Vanilla Cafe clean?
Vanilla Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 5, 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 Vanilla Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was Vanilla Cafe last inspected?
Vanilla Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 5, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| November 20, 2024 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| August 7, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
| November 16, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| October 16, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 36 pts |
| June 15, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 13, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
Vanilla Cafe 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 51% 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 November 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.