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David Burke Tavern
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score21 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 30, 2025
- address135 East 62 Street, Manhattan 10065
- cuisineAmerican
- phone9172252477
Is David Burke Tavern clean?
David Burke Tavern is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 30, 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 David Burke Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was David Burke Tavern last inspected?
David Burke Tavern has 4 inspections on record going back to February 6, 2024, averaging 34 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2025 | Grade B | 21 pts |
| September 18, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 47 pts |
| January 27, 2025 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| February 6, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
David Burke Tavern vs Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill runs 83% clean across 354 tracked restaurants — 266 clean, 21 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 354 spots Cooked tracks in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, 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 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.