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Gray's Papaya 72 Broadway
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 31, 2026
- address2080 Broadway, Manhattan 10023
- cuisineHotdogs
- phone2127990243
Is Gray's Papaya 72 Broadway clean?
Gray's Papaya 72 Broadway is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 31, 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 Gray's Papaya 72 Broadway?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 31, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Gray's Papaya 72 Broadway last inspected?
Gray's Papaya 72 Broadway has 4 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2023, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 11, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| August 2, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| July 20, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
Gray's Papaya 72 Broadway vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 87% clean across 217 tracked restaurants — 169 clean, 6 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 217 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 March 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.