Cucina Bene Pizzeria

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedNovember 15, 2024
• inspection score18 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 21, 2026 →
• address41 Exchange Place, Manhattan 10005
• cuisinePizza
• phone2126350345

Is Cucina Bene Pizzeria clean?

New York currently lists Cucina Bene Pizzeria as grade pending, following an inspection on September 21, 2026 that scored 18 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 November 15, 2024.

What did inspectors find at Cucina Bene Pizzeria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Cucina Bene Pizzeria last inspected?

Cucina Bene Pizzeria has 4 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2024, averaging 20 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Cucina Bene Pizzeria vs Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan

Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan runs 85% clean across 640 tracked restaurants — 449 clean, 15 mid, 64 cooked.

Against the 640 spots Cooked tracks in Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan, 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.

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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 September 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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