Bagel & Schmear

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedJuly 11, 2025
• inspection score19 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 6, 2026 →
• address114 East 28 Street, Manhattan 10016
• cuisineAmerican
• phone2127257873

Is Bagel & Schmear clean?

Bagel & Schmear currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on July 11, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on October 6, 2026 scoring 19 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Bagel & Schmear?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️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.
• 🤒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.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.

When was Bagel & Schmear last inspected?

Bagel & Schmear has 6 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2023, averaging 27 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

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Against the 266 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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