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88 Chinese Restaurant
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 8, 2025
- address473 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan 10037
- cuisineChinese
- phone2122811288
Is 88 Chinese Restaurant clean?
88 Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — 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 88 Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
When was 88 Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
88 Chinese Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2025, averaging 23 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| April 8, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| February 13, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
88 Chinese Restaurant vs Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds
Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds runs 71% clean across 91 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 5 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 91 spots Cooked tracks in Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 April 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.