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Chef 28
- inspection score118 pts
- critical violations6
- last inspectedAugust 1, 2024
- address29 East 28 Street, Manhattan 10016
- cuisineChinese
- phone2126858871
Is Chef 28 clean?
Chef 28 is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on August 1, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Chef 28?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 1, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueDishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalSewage disposal system is not provided, improper, inadequate or unapproved.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalFood preparation area, food storage area, or other area used by employees or patrons, contaminated by sewage or liquid waste.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🍽️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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Chef 28 last inspected?
Chef 28 has 2 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2022, averaging 66 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2024 | closed by the city | 118 pts |
| December 20, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 14 pts |
Chef 28 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 0% 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 August 1, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.