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Court Deli Restaurant
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 1, 2026
- address96 East 161 Street, Bronx 10451
- cuisineAmerican
- phone7189931380
Is Court Deli Restaurant clean?
New York currently lists Court Deli Restaurant as grade pending, following an inspection on May 1, 2026 that scored 22 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 A on April 7, 2025.
What did inspectors find at Court Deli Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Court Deli Restaurant last inspected?
Court Deli Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to January 8, 2024, averaging 31 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| March 2, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 53 pts |
| April 7, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| January 25, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 8, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 54 pts |
Court Deli Restaurant vs West Concourse
West Concourse runs 86% clean across 154 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 6 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 154 spots Cooked tracks in West Concourse, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.