Cooked?
Buttonwood
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score6 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 14, 2025
- address120 Water Street, Manhattan 10005
- cuisineAmerican
- phone9149122138
Is Buttonwood clean?
Buttonwood is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 14, 2025. 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 Buttonwood?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽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 Buttonwood last inspected?
Buttonwood has 3 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2024, averaging 23 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| January 14, 2025 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| December 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
Buttonwood vs Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan
Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan runs 87% clean across 612 tracked restaurants — 442 clean, 17 mid, 48 cooked.
Against the 612 spots Cooked tracks in Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan, this one comes out cleaner than 80% of them.
Other spots in Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan
See every restaurant inspection in Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan →
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 January 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.