Cooked?
Casa Carmen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 30, 2025
- address5 West 21 Street, Manhattan 10010
- cuisineMexican
- phone9175405600
Is Casa Carmen clean?
Casa Carmen is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 30, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Casa Carmen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 30, 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.
- 🛠️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.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
When was Casa Carmen last inspected?
Casa Carmen has 4 inspections on record going back to June 26, 2023, averaging 16 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 30, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 11, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| August 10, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| June 26, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
Casa Carmen vs Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square
Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square runs 84% clean across 1,096 tracked restaurants — 773 clean, 50 mid, 100 cooked.
Against the 1,096 spots Cooked tracks in Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square, this one comes out cleaner than 16% of them.
Other spots in Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square
-
A
Ark Bagels
-
A
Subway
-
A
The Bistro (Courtyard By Marriott Times Square)
-
A
La Dolce Vito
-
A
Chingale/Roam
-
A
Hermanas Y Hermanos/Smoke & Spice
See every restaurant inspection in Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square →
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 December 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.