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Happy Garden
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 1, 2025
- address208 East 165 Street, Bronx 10456
- cuisineChinese
- phone9173854916
Is Happy Garden clean?
Happy Garden is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 1, 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?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 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.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Happy Garden last inspected?
Happy Garden has 3 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2024, averaging 19 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| September 18, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| May 9, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
Happy Garden vs East Concourse-Concourse Village
East Concourse-Concourse Village runs 73% clean across 71 tracked restaurants — 46 clean, 8 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 71 spots Cooked tracks in East Concourse-Concourse Village, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 December 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.