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Chef Tan
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score34 pts
- critical violations6
- last inspectedJanuary 6, 2026
- address37 Saint Marks Place, Manhattan 10003
- cuisineChinese
- phone2122535476
Is Chef Tan clean?
Chef Tan is currently Grade C from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 6, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 6 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Chef Tan?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🧽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 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.
- 🛠️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.
- 🕳️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 Tan last inspected?
Chef Tan has 7 inspections on record going back to January 9, 2023, averaging 39 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2026 | Grade C | 34 pts |
| June 30, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 36 pts |
| February 19, 2025 | Grade C | 58 pts |
| July 29, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 59 pts |
| March 21, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 11, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| January 9, 2023 | closed by the city | 50 pts |
Chef Tan vs East Village
East Village runs 77% clean across 732 tracked restaurants — 477 clean, 41 mid, 105 cooked.
Against the 732 spots Cooked tracks in East Village, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 January 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.