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Clove Indian Restaurant Bar
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score19 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 18, 2026
- address1592 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10031
- cuisineIndian
- phone6469186644
Is Clove Indian Restaurant Bar clean?
Clove Indian Restaurant Bar is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 18, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Clove Indian Restaurant Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Clove Indian Restaurant Bar last inspected?
Clove Indian Restaurant Bar has 4 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2024, averaging 26 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 29, 2026 | — | |
| May 18, 2026 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| November 5, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 36 pts |
| July 23, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
Clove Indian Restaurant Bar vs Hamilton Heights
Hamilton Heights runs 69% clean across 128 tracked restaurants — 82 clean, 10 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 128 spots Cooked tracks in Hamilton Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.