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Big Cheese Pizza
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 31, 2024
- address157 East 170 Street, Bronx 10452
- cuisinePizza
- phone9176201998
Is Big Cheese Pizza clean?
Big Cheese Pizza is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 31, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — 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 Big Cheese Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
When was Big Cheese Pizza last inspected?
Big Cheese Pizza has 2 inspections on record going back to October 31, 2024, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| October 31, 2024 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Big Cheese Pizza vs West Concourse
West Concourse runs 86% clean across 154 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 6 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 154 spots Cooked tracks in West Concourse, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 October 31, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.