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Kitaro
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 27, 2025
- address510 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10024
- cuisineJapanese
- phone2127879008
Is Kitaro clean?
Kitaro is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 27, 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 Kitaro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Kitaro last inspected?
Kitaro has 5 inspections on record going back to April 12, 2023, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 27, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| February 1, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 11 pts |
| January 30, 2024 | closed by the city | 70 pts |
| September 12, 2023 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| April 12, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
Kitaro vs Upper West Side
Upper West Side runs 81% clean across 416 tracked restaurants — 315 clean, 20 mid, 56 cooked.
Against the 416 spots Cooked tracks in Upper West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.