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Junzi Kitchen
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score26 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJanuary 30, 2025
- address2896 Broadway, Manhattan 10025
- cuisineChinese
- phone9172612497
Is Junzi Kitchen clean?
Junzi Kitchen is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 30, 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 Junzi Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️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.
- 🪰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.
- 🛠️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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Junzi Kitchen last inspected?
Junzi Kitchen has 6 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2022, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
| January 30, 2025 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| November 20, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| July 11, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| June 21, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 3 pts |
| June 16, 2022 | closed by the city | 0 pts |
Junzi Kitchen vs Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights runs 77% clean across 196 tracked restaurants — 131 clean, 13 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 196 spots Cooked tracks in Morningside Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.