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Queens restaurants: slices & bagels
6,991 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Queens, with the NYC Health Department's letter grade and its date wherever we matched one; 7 places on our hand-checked guides, checked open in October 2026.
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Queens at a glance
Our directory counts 6,991 places to eat and drink in Queens, in neighborhoods from Flushing-Willets Point, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights on. Chinese (747), Latin & Caribbean (698), and Coffee & Café (688) lead the kinds of food. 2,096 hold an on-premises liquor license from the State Liquor Authority. 1,003 are locations of a chain with five or more in New York. 7 are on our hand-checked guides; the longest at the same address is Neir's Tavern, there since 1829.
Health inspections here
5,434 places in Queens have a letter grade or grade status on file with the NYC Health Department: 4,403 A, 514 B and 162 C, and 355 pending or not yet graded. Each grade is official and dated, from the Health Department's records through Sep 29, 2026; we never compute one from an inspection score. In the web search, each place's panel shows its grade, its latest inspection and a link to the Health Department's full history.
On our guides in Queens
Every place in Queens on our hand-checked guides, most honored first (honors and years at the address; not a rating).
Neir's Tavern
87-48 78th St, Woodhaven, Queens
Known for: burgers, chicken wings · At this address since 1829
Woodhaven tavern counting down to its 200th year, seen in Goodfellas; serves a full pub menu.
Grade A · graded Apr 2, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
29-19 24 Avenue, Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens
Known for: sausage platters, pierogies, schnitzel, goulash · At this address since 1910
Czech society hall and beer garden serving Czech and Slovak food.
Grade A · graded Sep 24, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Rizzo's Pizza
30-13 Steinway St, Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens
Slices Known for: thin-crust square slice · At this address since 1959
Astoria pizzeria known for its thin-crust Sicilian-style square; also has a Lower East Side shop.
Grade A · graded Aug 12, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Bagel Oasis
183-12 Horace Harding Expy, Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens
Bagels Known for: kettle-boiled bagels, egg-onion bagel · At this address since 1961
24-hour Fresh Meadows bagel bakery making hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagels; reopened after a fire.
Grade A · graded Oct 22, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Utopia Bagels
19-09 Utopia Pkwy, Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens
Bagels Known for: hand-rolled kettle-boiled bagels · At this address since 1981
Whitestone original of a small bagel chain; hand-rolled, kettle-boiled bagels baked in a 1947 carousel oven.
Asian Jewels
133-30 39th Ave, Flushing-Willets Point, Queens
Dim sum Known for: shrimp dumplings, braised eggplant with seafood paste, banana rolls
Chandeliered Flushing banquet hall serving cart dim sum.
Grade pendingNYC Health Department, inspected Sep 12, 2025
Cuts & Slices
205-01 Linden Blvd, St. Albans, Queens
Slices Known for: sweet chili oxtail slice · A branch of Cuts & Slices (Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
Queens branch of the Brooklyn specialty-slice shop.
Grade A · graded Apr 9, 2026Official NYC Health Department grade
Honored in Queens
13 places with a MICHELIN distinction or a James Beard honor, by name. Honors are facts, not ratings. All New York icons.
Alley 41
136-45 41st Ave, Flushing-Willets Point, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
Grade A · graded Nov 28, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Caleta 111
111-27 Jamaica Ave, Richmond Hill, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
No letter grade on file yetLatest NYC Health Department inspection Oct 18, 2024
Cardamom Indian Cuisine
43-45 43rd Street, Queens Blvd, Sunnyside, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
No letter grade on file yetLatest NYC Health Department inspection Jun 24, 2026
Hupo
10-07 50th Ave, Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
Grade A · graded Apr 17, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Jiang Nan Flushing
133-42 39th Ave, Flushing-Willets Point, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
Grade pendingNYC Health Department, inspected Aug 8, 2026
Legend of Taste
20-02 Utopia Pkwy, Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
Grade A · graded Aug 14, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Meju
5-28 49th Ave, Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens
1 MICHELIN StarJames Beard winner
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: 1 MICHELIN Star
James Beard: Best Chef: New York State semifinalist 2025 (Hooni Kim); Best Chef: New York State winner 2026 (Hooni Kim)
Grade A · graded Dec 22, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Phayul
37-65 74th St., Jackson Heights, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
Grade A · graded Sep 10, 2024Official NYC Health Department grade
Rolo's
8-53 Onderdonk Ave, Ridgewood, Queens
Bib GourmandJames Beard semifinalist
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
James Beard: Best Chef: New York State semifinalist 2026 (Rafiq Salim)
Grade A · graded Nov 22, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Saranrom Thai
81-10 Broadway, Elmhurst, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi
162-23 Depot Rd, Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
Grade A · graded Mar 4, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Tourmaline
106-17 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills, Queens
James Beard semifinalist
James Beard: Best Chef: New York State semifinalist 2026 (Yvan Lemoine)
Grade A · graded May 29, 2026Official NYC Health Department grade
Zaab Zaab
76-04 Woodside Ave, Elmhurst, Queens
Bib Gourmand
MICHELIN Guide New York, 2025 selection: Bib Gourmand
James Beard: Outstanding Restaurateur semifinalist 2024 (Bryan Chunton and Pei Shan Wei)
Grade B · graded Nov 24, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Hand-checked classics near Queens
The 6 nearest places on our guides outside Queens, within 20 miles of its center, closest first.
Rao's
455 E 114th St, East Harlem (North), Manhattan · 5.4 mi from Queens
At this address since 1896
Small East Harlem Italian restaurant, famously hard to get a table at.
Grade A · graded Jun 22, 2026Official NYC Health Department grade
Cuts & Slices
93 Howard Ave, Bedford-Stuyvesant (East), Brooklyn · 5.5 mi from Queens
Slices Known for: sweet chili oxtail slice · At this address since 2018
Slice shop with rotating Caribbean-inflected toppings from owner Randy McLaren.
Grade A · graded Sep 1, 2026Official NYC Health Department grade
Bamonte's Restaurant
32 Withers St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn · 5.6 mi from Queens
Known for: veal parmigiana, clams, pork chop · At this address since 1900
Old-school Williamsburg red-sauce restaurant with tuxedoed servers and wooden phone booths, still run by the Bamonte family.
Grade A · graded Jun 6, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
Paulie Gee's Slice Shop
110 Franklin St, Greenpoint, Brooklyn · 5.6 mi from Queens
Slices Known for: cheese slice, pepperoni slice, Freddy Prince (sesame-bottom square)
Retro 1970s-style slice counter from the Paulie Gee's team, open late.
Grade pendingNYC Health Department, inspected Sep 24, 2026
Orwasher's Bakery
308 E 78th St, Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan · 5.7 mi from Queens
Bagels Known for: rye bread, bagels, black and white cookie · At this address since 1916
Century-old Upper East Side bread bakery, family-run 1916-2008, that now also bakes bagels.
PJ Bernstein
1215 3rd Ave, Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, Manhattan · 5.9 mi from Queens
Deli
Family-run Upper East Side Jewish deli.
Grade A · graded Sep 30, 2025Official NYC Health Department grade
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About the inspection results
NYC letter grades are the NYC Health Department's own, labeled official and shown with the date of the graded inspection: A, B or C, posted at the door. N means not yet graded, Z grade pending, and P grade pending on re-opening after a closure. We never compute a grade from an inspection score. Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NYC Open Data, records through Sep 29, 2026; the full history is on the Health Department's ABCEats site.