Cooked?Becoming Unique
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 13, 2025 →
- address322 East 117 Street, Manhattan 10035
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone9178866704
Is Becoming Unique clean?
Becoming Unique is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 13, 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 Becoming Unique?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
When was Becoming Unique last inspected?
Becoming Unique has 2 inspections on record going back to July 30, 2025, averaging 22 points.
August 13, 2025 A
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View full inspection →July 30, 2025 Score 34
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View full inspection →Becoming Unique vs East Harlem North
East Harlem North runs 82% clean across 187 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 7 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 187 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem North, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 August 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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