Eli's Essentials

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score21 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2026 →
• address26 East 91 Street, Manhattan 10128
• cuisineSandwiches/Salads/Mixed Buffet
• phone6467553999

Is Eli's Essentials clean?

Eli's Essentials is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 17, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Eli's Essentials?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Eli's Essentials last inspected?

Eli's Essentials has 4 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2024, averaging 23 points.

Eli's Essentials 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 14% 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 March 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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