A grade that's gone stale
An inspection scoring 14+ earns no grade, so the previous A stays up. The median wait for the next inspection is 101 days, and 13% never get one.
Is that restaurant actually clean?
New York posts a letter grade in every restaurant window, and it's easy to over-trust.
We read the full inspection history and tell you what the placard leaves out.
What it looks for
Pests
Rats, mice, roaches, flies and harborage conditions, weighted by how recent they are and how far the place has since come in clearing them.
Grade repair
A failing inspection converted to a pass days later. Legitimate by design, and worth knowing about — especially when the failing visit recorded vermin.
Apples vs apples
Initial inspections fail 19% of the time at donut shops and 63% at Indian restaurants. So we show where a place lands in the range its own cuisine occupies, rather than against a citywide average that flatters some kitchens and punishes others.