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Champion Pizza Essex
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score4 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2025
- address123 Essex Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisinePizza
- phone2122285597
Is Champion Pizza Essex clean?
Champion Pizza Essex is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 25, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Champion Pizza Essex?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueAccurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
When was Champion Pizza Essex last inspected?
Champion Pizza Essex has 5 inspections on record going back to June 7, 2022, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 25, 2025 | Grade A | 4 pts |
| November 6, 2024 | Grade C | 36 pts |
| June 20, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| January 31, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 7, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
Champion Pizza Essex vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 95% 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 March 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.