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Celon Bar & Lounge
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 7, 2025
- address40 West 40 Street, Manhattan 10018
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2126422211
Is Celon Bar & Lounge clean?
Celon Bar & Lounge is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 7, 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 Celon Bar & Lounge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 7, 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.
- 🌡️food-temperature slipcriticalMeat, fish, molluscan shellfish, unpasteurized raw shell eggs, poultry or other TCS offered or served raw or undercooked and written notice not provided to consumer.
When was Celon Bar & Lounge last inspected?
Celon Bar & Lounge has 3 inspections on record going back to November 29, 2022, averaging 7 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 7, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| May 16, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| November 29, 2022 | Grade A | 5 pts |
Celon Bar & Lounge vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.
Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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.
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 November 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.