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Chef Yu
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score17 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedApril 16, 2026
- address520 8 Avenue, Manhattan 10018
- cuisineChinese
- phone2127366150
Is Chef Yu clean?
New York currently lists Chef Yu as grade pending, following an inspection on April 16, 2026 that scored 17 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was B on August 29, 2024.
What did inspectors find at Chef Yu?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 16, 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.
- 🍽️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 Yu last inspected?
Chef Yu has 4 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2024, averaging 34 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| December 23, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 59 pts |
| August 29, 2024 | Grade B | 21 pts |
| June 5, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
Chef Yu 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 6% 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 April 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.