Grade AAmerican

The Corner Bar

38-01 69 STREET, Queens, 11377

Should you eat here?

Caution — pest-related violations found across multiple inspections, including the latest (4 months ago).

Last inspected Mar 14, 2026 · New York City health department

What the inspector found on Mar 14, 2026

  • Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.

    Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

  • Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.

    Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

    Critical
  • Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.

    Food, 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.

    Critical
  • Food was not stored, covered, labeled, or dated properly.

    Swollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE

    Critical
  • Food was not kept hot or cold enough. Wrong temperatures let bacteria grow.

    Properly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.

    Critical
  • A staff hygiene issue, such as handwashing, glove use, or bare-hand contact with food.

    “Choking first aid” poster not posted. “Alcohol and Pregnancy” warning sign not posted. Resuscitation equipment: exhaled air resuscitation masks (adult & pediatric), latex gloves, sign not posted.

  • A general health-code issue noted during the inspection.

    Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)

Inspection history

DateResultTypeViolations
Mar 14, 2026Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection7 (4 critical)
Oct 22, 2024Grade ACycle Inspection / Re-inspection4 (2 critical)
Jun 1, 2023Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection7 (3 critical)

Problems that keep coming back

Issues cited at more than one inspection — a better signal than any single visit.

  • 2×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
  • 2×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
  • 2×A staff hygiene issue, such as handwashing, glove use, or bare-hand contact with food.
  • 2×A general health-code issue noted during the inspection.
  • 2×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.

Around this address

City records for the building itself, not this restaurant’s inspection.

  • 10 rodent inspections on record, 3 finding rat activity.
  • 1 recent 311 complaint filed at this address.

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