Dinosaur Bar-B-Que

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 12, 2025 →
• address2276 12 Avenue, Manhattan 10027
• cuisineBarbecue
• phone2126941777

Is Dinosaur Bar-B-Que clean?

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.

When was Dinosaur Bar-B-Que last inspected?

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que has 3 inspections on record going back to September 27, 2023, averaging 17 points.

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que 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 28% of them.

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• C Home Sweet Harlem
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• A El Nuevo Tina
  clean · January 14, 2026
• A Dunkin
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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 November 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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