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J's Kitchen New York
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedNovember 17, 2025
- address261 1 Avenue, Manhattan 10003
- cuisineJapanese
- phone9172620434
Is J's Kitchen New York clean?
J's Kitchen New York is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 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 J's Kitchen New York?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 17, 2025, 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.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
When was J's Kitchen New York last inspected?
J's Kitchen New York has 9 inspections on record going back to December 28, 2023, averaging 9 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 25, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| November 17, 2025 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| October 23, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 50 pts |
| May 31, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| May 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| May 4, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| April 26, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| May 11, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| December 28, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
J's Kitchen New York vs Gramercy
Gramercy runs 81% clean across 263 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 263 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 November 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.