Ear Inn

• official resultC
• gradeGrade C
• score40 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Re-inspection
• failed findings7
• critical findings5

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Failed findings

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Official wording: Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
  code 02BCriticalstatus: Critical
• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Official wording: Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
  code 03ACriticalstatus: Critical
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Official wording: 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.
  code 06CCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Official wording: Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
  code 06DCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧤food-handling slipcritical
  Official wording: HACCP plan not approved or approved HACCP plan not maintained on premises.
  code 06GCriticalstatus: Critical
• ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
  code 20-06status: Not Critical
• ⚠️Equipment used for ROP not approved by the Department
  code 28-04status: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Score 41 on January 7, 2025: Score changed by -1 points. 4 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.