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51 Pizza
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 6, 2025
- address51 Columbia Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisinePizza
- phone2122289488
Is 51 Pizza clean?
51 Pizza is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at 51 Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was 51 Pizza last inspected?
51 Pizza has 6 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2023, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| November 6, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| September 26, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| December 19, 2024 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| January 25, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| February 2, 2023 | — |
51 Pizza vs Lower East Side
Lower East Side runs 75% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 10 mid, 30 cooked.
Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Lower East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 November 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.