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Happy Garden Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 9, 2025
- address706 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx 10462
- cuisineChinese
- phone7184091471
Is Happy Garden Restaurant clean?
Happy Garden Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Happy Garden Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🍽️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.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
When was Happy Garden Restaurant last inspected?
Happy Garden Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2022, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| November 19, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 8 pts |
| May 1, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 12, 2022 | Grade A | 11 pts |
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Van Nest-Morris Park-Westchester Square runs 77% clean across 100 tracked restaurants — 72 clean, 3 mid, 18 cooked.
Against the 100 spots Cooked tracks in Van Nest-Morris Park-Westchester Square, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 January 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.