⏳ the city lists this spot as grade pending — it hasn't been given a grade yet.
Is Aux Karaoke Box clean?
New York currently lists Aux Karaoke Box as grade pending, following an inspection on December 2, 2025 that scored 35 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.
What did inspectors find at Aux Karaoke Box?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
🚿plumbing acting up
Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
🤒sick worker near the foodcritical
Food worker/food vendor does not use utensil or other barrier to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment.
🪳roaches are dining toocritical
Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
Food, 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.
When was Aux Karaoke Box last inspected?
Aux Karaoke Box has 1 inspection on record going back to December 2, 2025, averaging 35 points.
date
result
score
December 2, 2025
no grade issued ⏳
35 pts
Aux Karaoke Box vs Ocean Hill
Ocean Hill runs 82% clean across 42 tracked restaurants — 31 clean, 3 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 42 spots Cooked tracks in Ocean Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 3% of them.
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 December 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.