Friars Club

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 14, 2019 →
• address57 East 55 Street, Manhattan 10022
• cuisineAmerican
• phone2127517272

Is Friars Club clean?

Friars Club is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 14, 2019. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Friars Club?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 14, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface improperly constructed. Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained and/or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.

When was Friars Club last inspected?

Friars Club has 4 inspections on record going back to November 9, 2016, averaging 11 points.

Friars Club vs Midtown-Midtown South

Midtown-Midtown South runs 83% clean across 2,302 tracked restaurants — 1,604 clean, 93 mid, 234 cooked.

Against the 2,302 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 June 14, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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