Big Apple Chinese Buffet & Take Out

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 23, 2025 →
• address936 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx 10460
• cuisineChinese
• phone7185898516

Is Big Apple Chinese Buffet & Take Out clean?

Big Apple Chinese Buffet & Take Out is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 23, 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 Big Apple Chinese Buffet & Take Out?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

When was Big Apple Chinese Buffet & Take Out last inspected?

Big Apple Chinese Buffet & Take Out has 3 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2022, averaging 10 points.

Big Apple Chinese Buffet & Take Out vs East Tremont

East Tremont runs 84% clean across 57 tracked restaurants — 43 clean, 4 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 57 spots Cooked tracks in East Tremont, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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