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Bagel Express
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 24, 2025
- address347 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan 10016
- cuisineBagels/Pretzels
- phone2122868887
Is Bagel Express clean?
Bagel Express is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — 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 Bagel Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating informationFailure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
- 🧽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 Bagel Express last inspected?
Bagel Express has 5 inspections on record going back to January 29, 2024, averaging 27 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| April 24, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 16, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 39 pts |
| February 20, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 16 pts |
| January 29, 2024 | Grade C | 45 pts |
Bagel Express vs Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Murray Hill-Kips Bay runs 79% clean across 372 tracked restaurants — 271 clean, 23 mid, 48 cooked.
Against the 372 spots Cooked tracks in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.