Island Grill

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score11 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 5, 2025 →
• address576 West 125 Street, Manhattan 10027
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone9174539733

Is Island Grill clean?

Island Grill is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 5, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Island Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Island Grill last inspected?

Island Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2023, averaging 20 points.

Island Grill vs Morningside Heights

Morningside Heights runs 77% clean across 198 tracked restaurants — 133 clean, 13 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 198 spots Cooked tracks in Morningside Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 August 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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