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Checkers
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 30, 2025
- address79 West 125 Street, Manhattan 10027
- cuisineHamburgers
- phone2128371500
Is Checkers clean?
Checkers is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 30, 2025. 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 Checkers?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Checkers last inspected?
Checkers has 3 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2023, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| October 1, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 14, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Checkers vs Central Harlem South
Central Harlem South runs 76% clean across 110 tracked restaurants — 79 clean, 9 mid, 16 cooked.
Against the 110 spots Cooked tracks in Central Harlem South, this one comes out cleaner than 67% of them.
Other spots in Central Harlem South
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 October 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.