East Star Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 8, 2025
• address987 Westchester Avenue, Bronx 10459
• cuisineChinese
• phone7185894338

Is East Star Restaurant clean?

East Star Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at East Star Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.

When was East Star Restaurant last inspected?

East Star Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2023, averaging 14 points.

East Star Restaurant vs Longwood

Longwood runs 74% clean across 48 tracked restaurants — 28 clean, 4 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 48 spots Cooked tracks in Longwood, this one comes out cleaner than 63% 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 December 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.