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Empire Steak House
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score19 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedAugust 18, 2025
- address151 East 50 Street, Manhattan 10022
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2125826900
Is Empire Steak House clean?
Empire Steak House is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 18, 2025. 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 Empire Steak House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-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.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was Empire Steak House last inspected?
Empire Steak House has 7 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2022, averaging 35 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | — | |
| August 18, 2025 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| March 12, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 57 pts |
| December 23, 2024 | Grade C | 38 pts |
| October 3, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 45 pts |
| April 6, 2023 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| September 15, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
Empire Steak House vs Turtle Bay-East Midtown
Turtle Bay-East Midtown runs 83% clean across 605 tracked restaurants — 448 clean, 33 mid, 60 cooked.
Against the 605 spots Cooked tracks in Turtle Bay-East Midtown, 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.
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 August 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.