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Grill 21
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score20 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 18, 2025
- address346 East 21 Street, Manhattan 10010
- cuisineFilipino
- phone2124735950
Is Grill 21 clean?
New York currently lists Grill 21 as grade pending, following an inspection on November 18, 2025 that scored 20 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was A on November 1, 2023.
What did inspectors find at Grill 21?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2025, 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Grill 21 last inspected?
Grill 21 has 4 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2023, averaging 36 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 18, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| August 29, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 65 pts |
| August 21, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 50 pts |
| November 1, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Grill 21 vs Gramercy
Gramercy runs 81% clean across 263 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 263 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 November 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.