Best Subs

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 30, 2025
• address1928 3 Avenue, Manhattan 10029
• cuisineSandwiches
• phone2129879756

Is Best Subs clean?

Best Subs is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 30, 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 Best Subs?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🛠️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.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Best Subs last inspected?

Best Subs has 3 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2023, averaging 12 points.

Best Subs vs East Harlem South

East Harlem South runs 74% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 101 clean, 14 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem South, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 December 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.