About This File

What it is

A directory of the places the New York City Health Department inspects: 27,295 with at least one inspection, plus 3,976 that have applied for a permit and haven't been inspected. The second group doesn't count in our totals, and those pages stay out of search results, because some of those places may never open.

What a grade means

A health grade comes from an inspection. Inspectors check things like food temperatures, cleaning and pests, and taste isn't on the list. The city scores it on a scale where lower is better: 0 to 13 is an A, 14 to 27 a B, and 28 or more a C. "Grade Pending" means a place can post that sign or its letter while it waits for a hearing. This comes from the city's own FAQ.

Not every visit produces a letter. When a newer visit has none, we show the latest letter the city issued. When the newest word from the city is Grade Pending, we show that, because the old letter no longer stands.

What we leave out

The city's file has no hours, menus, prices, photos or reviews, so neither do we. We don't write descriptions and we don't call anything the best. If you land here from a search for "the best tacos", we can show you the taco places and their grades, and the choice is yours.

We publish the current letter only. Inspection scores, violations and enforcement actions aren't here, and a place whose newest city record is a closure isn't listed. The full record is on the city's site.

The Sponsored box

Some pages carry a box marked Sponsored. It's an ad for a restaurant. It sits apart from the lists, it isn't a recommendation, and it doesn't change the order of any list.

Where the data comes from

• Restaurants and grades: DOHMH New York City Restaurant Inspection Results, NYC Open Data. The current file is dated October 30, 2026, and its newest inspection is from October 29, 2026.
• Neighborhood names and shapes: the city's 2010 Neighborhood Tabulation Areas, the same codes the inspection file uses. A few are renamed so people can recognize them. The city's 2010 list says Clinton, and its 2020 list says Hell's Kitchen, so we use Hell's Kitchen. Each neighborhood page shows the city's name and code too.
• Streets: NYC street centerlines. Subway stations: MTA Subway Stations on data.ny.gov.
• Rooftops: the city doesn't track them. That list comes from each place's own site or another source, linked in its row with the month it was checked.

How it stays current

We check NYC Open Data for a new file every 24 hours. The date on each page is the city's own extract date, not the day we looked. If the city's service is down, we keep the last good file, and the date on the page tells you how old it is.

Known limits

• The city says the file only covers restaurants in an active status, and that thousands open and close every year. It can't tell you whether a door is open today.
• The city also warns that the file can have data entry errors and missing values. We show what it says.
• Owners give the city their own phone number and cuisine label. We hide phone numbers that aren't ten digits.
• One phone number here differs from the city's file: a sponsor whose own website lists another number. That record shows both.
• 809 records have no map location, so they appear in cuisine lists and search, but not on maps or neighborhood pages.
• Names are shown in title case for reading. Each restaurant page also shows the name exactly as filed.

If a record is wrong

It has to be fixed at the source, because it's the city's record. Restaurant owners can take grades up with the Health Department, and anyone can use the city's inspection pages to see the source. Each restaurant page links to its raw city record, so you can compare the two.