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Le Baobab Gouygui
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 12, 2025
- address120 West 116 Street, Manhattan 10026
- cuisineAfrican
- phone2128644700
Is Le Baobab Gouygui clean?
Le Baobab Gouygui is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 12, 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 Le Baobab Gouygui?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Le Baobab Gouygui last inspected?
Le Baobab Gouygui has 2 inspections on record going back to December 14, 2023, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 12, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 14, 2023 | Grade B | 22 pts |
Le Baobab Gouygui vs Central Harlem South
Central Harlem South runs 76% clean across 110 tracked restaurants — 79 clean, 9 mid, 16 cooked.
Against the 110 spots Cooked tracks in Central Harlem South, this one comes out cleaner than 28% of them.
Other spots in Central Harlem South
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 August 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.