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Chow House
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score20 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedFebruary 5, 2026
- address181 Bleecker Street, Manhattan 10012
- cuisineChinese
- phone6463582779
Is Chow House clean?
New York currently lists Chow House as grade pending, following an inspection on February 5, 2026 that scored 20 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 March 11, 2024.
What did inspectors find at Chow House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🧽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 from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
When was Chow House last inspected?
Chow House has 7 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2023, averaging 37 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| November 3, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| October 30, 2025 | closed by the city | 50 pts |
| September 12, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 69 pts |
| July 8, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 62 pts |
| March 11, 2024 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| May 2, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
Chow House vs West Village
West Village runs 81% clean across 1,012 tracked restaurants — 722 clean, 48 mid, 117 cooked.
Against the 1,012 spots Cooked tracks in West Village, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 February 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.