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Failte
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 25, 2025
- address531 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10016
- cuisineIrish
- phone9172658687
Is Failte clean?
Failte is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 25, 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 Failte?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Failte last inspected?
Failte has 7 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2022, averaging 43 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| June 27, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 53 pts |
| January 24, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| May 24, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 3 pts |
| May 17, 2022 | closed by the city | 111 pts |
| April 27, 2022 | Grade C | 52 pts |
| April 14, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 59 pts |
Failte vs Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Murray Hill-Kips Bay runs 79% clean across 372 tracked restaurants — 271 clean, 23 mid, 48 cooked.
Against the 372 spots Cooked tracks in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 February 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.