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Comic Strip Live
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 22, 2025
- address1568 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10028
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2128619386
Is Comic Strip Live clean?
Comic Strip Live is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Comic Strip Live?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2025, 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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueDishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
- 🍽️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.
When was Comic Strip Live last inspected?
Comic Strip Live has 2 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2024, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 2025 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| January 31, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
Comic Strip Live vs Yorkville
Yorkville runs 83% clean across 240 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 12 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 240 spots Cooked tracks in Yorkville, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 October 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.