Cooked?Cotton Club
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- grade postedSeptember 15, 2017
- inspection score18 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 15, 2019 →
- address664 West 125 Street, Manhattan 10027
- cuisineSoul Food
- phone2126637980
Is Cotton Club clean?
Cotton Club currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on September 15, 2017 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on June 15, 2019 scoring 18 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.
What did inspectors find at Cotton Club?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsFacility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyFood contact surface not properly maintained.
When was Cotton Club last inspected?
Cotton Club has 3 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2017, averaging 21 points.
June 15, 2019 Score 18
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View full inspection →June 28, 2018 Score 20
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View full inspection →September 15, 2017 B
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View full inspection →Cotton Club vs Manhattanville
Manhattanville runs 74% clean across 50 tracked restaurants — 34 clean, 5 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 50 spots Cooked tracks in Manhattanville, 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 June 15, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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