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D.Salam African Cuisine
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score48 pts
- critical violations5
- last inspectedFebruary 26, 2025
- address89 Canal Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineAfrican
- phone5418798651
Is D.Salam African Cuisine clean?
D.Salam African Cuisine is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 26, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at D.Salam African Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- ⚠️“Choking first aid” poster not posted. “Alcohol and Pregnancy” warning sign not posted. Resuscitation equipment: exhaled air resuscitation masks (adult & pediatric), latex gloves, sign not posted.“Choking first aid” poster not posted. “Alcohol and Pregnancy” warning sign not posted. Resuscitation equipment: exhaled air resuscitation masks (adult & pediatric), latex gloves, sign not posted.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalFood contact surface, refillable, reusable containers, or equipment improperly constructed, placed or maintained. Unacceptable material used. Culinary sink or other acceptable method not provided for washing food.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating informationFailure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
When was D.Salam African Cuisine last inspected?
D.Salam African Cuisine has 4 inspections on record going back to December 10, 2024, averaging 37 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| March 20, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
| February 26, 2025 | Grade C | 48 pts |
| December 10, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
D.Salam African Cuisine vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 February 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.