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Arlene's Grocery
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 16, 2025
- address95 Stanton Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2123581633
Is Arlene's Grocery clean?
Arlene's Grocery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 16, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Arlene's Grocery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueMechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
- 🧽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 Arlene's Grocery last inspected?
Arlene's Grocery has 3 inspections on record going back to April 28, 2023, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| March 5, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| April 28, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
Arlene's Grocery vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 80% 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 September 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.