Cooked?
Variety Coffee Roasters
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 1, 2026
- address681 Grandview Avenue, Queens 11385
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone7184182326
Is Variety Coffee Roasters clean?
Variety Coffee Roasters is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 1, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Variety Coffee Roasters?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🛠️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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Variety Coffee Roasters last inspected?
Variety Coffee Roasters has 3 inspections on record going back to September 26, 2023, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 23, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| September 26, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 14 pts |
Variety Coffee Roasters vs Ridgewood
Ridgewood runs 78% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 201 clean, 30 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Ridgewood, this one comes out cleaner than 28% of them.
Other spots in Ridgewood
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 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.