Bagel & Schmear

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 11, 2025 →
• address114 East 28 Street, Manhattan 10016
• cuisineAmerican
• phone2127257873

Is Bagel & Schmear clean?

Bagel & Schmear is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 11, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Bagel & Schmear?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🍽️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.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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 Bagel & Schmear last inspected?

Bagel & Schmear has 5 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2023, averaging 28 points.

Bagel & Schmear vs Gramercy

Gramercy runs 81% clean across 264 tracked restaurants — 194 clean, 12 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 July 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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