Giovani’S Big Pizza

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 15, 2026 →
• address839A Prospect Avenue, Bronx 10459
• cuisinePizza
• phone7188611530

Is Giovani’S Big Pizza clean?

Giovani’S Big Pizza is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 15, 2026. 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 Giovani’S Big Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🧫equipment / surface issuecritical
  Swollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE

When was Giovani’S Big Pizza last inspected?

Giovani’S Big Pizza has 3 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2024, averaging 17 points.

Giovani’S Big Pizza vs Melrose South-Mott Haven North

Melrose South-Mott Haven North runs 81% clean across 102 tracked restaurants — 78 clean, 2 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 102 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose South-Mott Haven North, this one comes out cleaner than 52% 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 April 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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