Carmen's Kitchen

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score9 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 21, 2025 →
• address300 West 38 Street, Manhattan 10018
• cuisineSpanish
• phone9175878888

Is Carmen's Kitchen clean?

Carmen's Kitchen is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 21, 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 Carmen's Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Carmen's Kitchen last inspected?

Carmen's Kitchen has 4 inspections on record going back to January 25, 2023, averaging 16 points.

Carmen's Kitchen vs Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square

Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square runs 84% clean across 1,120 tracked restaurants — 788 clean, 53 mid, 102 cooked.

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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 August 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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