21ST STREET DELI & INDIAN GRILL
43-44 21 STREET, Queens, NY 11101
Last inspected Mar 5, 2026
Official source: NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (nyc.gov) · All data sources
Excellent. Top marks — the latest inspection found no serious issues, or few enough to earn the health department's best band.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 4 inspections on record for 21ST STREET DELI & INDIAN GRILL, spanning March 2024 to March 2026 — every one straight from NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene.
The trend is positive: it improved from failed at the previous visit to excellent now.
The most recent inspection noted 1 violation, 1 of them a critical item — the kind tied directly to foodborne-illness risk.
Every sentence above is computed directly from the official record — CleanPlate adds no opinions. How our grading works →
Inspection history
Mar 5, 2026
A1 violation
- Critical: Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
Nov 17, 2025
✕10 violations
- Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
- Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
- “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.
- Critical: Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
- Critical: 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: Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availability
- Non-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.
- Critical: Personal 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.
- Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)
Dec 19, 2024
✕5 violations
- Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- Critical: Filth 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.
- Critical: Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
- Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- Non-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.
Mar 26, 2024
✕7 violations
- Critical: Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- Critical: After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- Non-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.
- Critical: Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
- Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availability
- Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
- Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
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