Cooked?Carol's Bun
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 8, 2026 →
- address139 East Broadway, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineChinese
- phone2125660203
Is Carol's Bun clean?
Carol's Bun is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 8, 2026. 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 Carol's Bun?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueSwollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Carol's Bun last inspected?
Carol's Bun has 4 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2023, averaging 18 points.
June 8, 2026 A
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View full inspection →January 13, 2025 A
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View full inspection →October 16, 2024 Score 32
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View full inspection →June 12, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Carol's Bun vs Lower East Side
Lower East Side runs 75% clean across 194 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 8 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 194 spots Cooked tracks in Lower East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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.
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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 June 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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