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Gyu-Kaku
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score24 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedSeptember 8, 2025
- address805 3 Avenue, Manhattan 10022
- cuisineJapanese
- phone2127028816
Is Gyu-Kaku clean?
Gyu-Kaku is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Gyu-Kaku?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Gyu-Kaku last inspected?
Gyu-Kaku has 5 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2023, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| September 8, 2025 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| June 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| December 12, 2023 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| November 1, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 13 pts |
Gyu-Kaku vs Turtle Bay-East Midtown
Turtle Bay-East Midtown runs 83% clean across 605 tracked restaurants — 448 clean, 33 mid, 60 cooked.
Against the 605 spots Cooked tracks in Turtle Bay-East Midtown, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 September 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.