Carvel

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedNovember 6, 2023
• inspection score27 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 6, 2025 →
• address2231A Grand Concourse, Bronx 10453
• cuisineFrozen Desserts
• phone7183292253

Is Carvel clean?

New York currently lists Carvel as grade pending, following an inspection on May 6, 2025 that scored 27 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was A on November 6, 2023.

What did inspectors find at Carvel?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🐛pest / contamination issuecritical
  Properly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Swollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.

When was Carvel last inspected?

Carvel has 4 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2022, averaging 19 points.

Carvel vs Fordham South

Fordham South runs 75% clean across 66 tracked restaurants — 45 clean, 7 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 66 spots Cooked tracks in Fordham South, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 May 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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