Bo Ky

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score21 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 1, 2025 →
• address78 Bayard Street, Manhattan 10013
• cuisineChinese
• phone2124062292

Is Bo Ky clean?

Bo Ky is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 1, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Bo Ky?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.

When was Bo Ky last inspected?

Bo Ky has 10 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2023, averaging 26 points.

Bo Ky vs Chinatown

Chinatown runs 75% clean across 685 tracked restaurants — 450 clean, 46 mid, 105 cooked.

Against the 685 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in Chinatown

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• A Pho Grand
  clean · May 7, 2025
• A Cafe Hong Kong
  clean · December 1, 2025
• A Domino's
  clean · June 25, 2026
• A Essex Taqueria
  clean · October 22, 2025
• A The Commissary At Metrograph
  clean · March 7, 2024

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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 December 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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