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Burger & Lobster
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedSeptember 8, 2025
- address132 West 43 Street, Manhattan 10036
- cuisineSeafood
- phone9175659044
Is Burger & Lobster clean?
Burger & Lobster is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Burger & Lobster?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️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.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Burger & Lobster last inspected?
Burger & Lobster has 7 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2026 | — | |
| September 8, 2025 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| June 30, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 39 pts |
| April 22, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 9, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| July 31, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| February 22, 2023 | Grade B | 18 pts |
Burger & Lobster vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.
Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 September 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.