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42Nd Street Pizza Diner
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 15, 2025
- address647 West 42 Street, Manhattan 10036
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2125944312
Is 42Nd Street Pizza Diner clean?
42Nd Street Pizza Diner is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 15, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at 42Nd Street Pizza Diner?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold 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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was 42Nd Street Pizza Diner last inspected?
42Nd Street Pizza Diner has 3 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2022, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| April 10, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| October 18, 2022 | Grade A | 10 pts |
42Nd Street Pizza Diner vs Clinton
Clinton runs 76% clean across 596 tracked restaurants — 410 clean, 33 mid, 100 cooked.
Against the 596 spots Cooked tracks in Clinton, this one comes out cleaner than 29% of them.
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How New York grades restaurants
New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.
Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.