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Variety Bakery
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score26 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 5, 2026
- address80-28 Northern Boulevard, Queens 11372
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone7184463625
Is Variety Bakery clean?
New York currently lists Variety Bakery as grade pending, following an inspection on May 5, 2026 that scored 26 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was A on March 7, 2025.
What did inspectors find at Variety Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Variety Bakery last inspected?
Variety Bakery has 4 inspections on record going back to September 1, 2023, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| March 25, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| March 7, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 1, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Variety Bakery 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 6% 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 May 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.