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Heritage Grand Bakery, Restaurant & Pizza Bar
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score39 pts
- critical violations5
- last inspectedMarch 24, 2026
- address8 West 40 Street, Manhattan 10018
- cuisineMediterranean
- phone9172096177
Is Heritage Grand Bakery, Restaurant & Pizza Bar clean?
Heritage Grand Bakery, Restaurant & Pizza Bar is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 24, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. 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 Heritage Grand Bakery, Restaurant & Pizza Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🍽️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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🛠️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.
- 🪰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.
- 🌡️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.
When was Heritage Grand Bakery, Restaurant & Pizza Bar last inspected?
Heritage Grand Bakery, Restaurant & Pizza Bar has 8 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2023, averaging 30 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| March 24, 2026 | Grade C | 39 pts |
| February 5, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 41 pts |
| August 27, 2025 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| July 8, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
| January 13, 2025 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| December 3, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| June 16, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
Heritage Grand Bakery, Restaurant & Pizza Bar vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.
Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.