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Best Chinese Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 17, 2025
- address4004A Boston Road, Bronx 10475
- cuisineChinese
- phone7183792438
Is Best Chinese Restaurant clean?
Best Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 17, 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 Best Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
When was Best Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
Best Chinese Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2023, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| December 19, 2023 | Grade B | 20 pts |
Best Chinese Restaurant vs Co-op City
Co-op City runs 81% clean across 78 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 5 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 78 spots Cooked tracks in Co-op City, 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.
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 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.