Dowling's / Bemelmans Bar / Cafe Carlyle / The Gallery

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 29, 2025 →
• address35 East 76 Street, Manhattan 10021
• cuisineAmerican
• phone2127441600

Is Dowling's / Bemelmans Bar / Cafe Carlyle / The Gallery clean?

Dowling's / Bemelmans Bar / Cafe Carlyle / The Gallery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 29, 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 Dowling's / Bemelmans Bar / Cafe Carlyle / The Gallery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🧽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 Dowling's / Bemelmans Bar / Cafe Carlyle / The Gallery last inspected?

Dowling's / Bemelmans Bar / Cafe Carlyle / The Gallery has 4 inspections on record going back to July 6, 2023, averaging 23 points.

Dowling's / Bemelmans Bar / Cafe Carlyle / The Gallery vs Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill

Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill runs 83% clean across 360 tracked restaurants — 267 clean, 21 mid, 35 cooked.

Against the 360 spots Cooked tracks in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 April 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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