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Mad Dog & Beans
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 23, 2025
- address83 Pearl Street, Manhattan 10004
- cuisineMexican
- phone2122691177
Is Mad Dog & Beans clean?
Mad Dog & Beans is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 23, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Mad Dog & Beans?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothscriticalWiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
When was Mad Dog & Beans last inspected?
Mad Dog & Beans has 4 inspections on record going back to January 17, 2023, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2025 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| August 27, 2024 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| June 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 13 pts |
| January 17, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Mad Dog & Beans vs Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan
Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan runs 87% clean across 612 tracked restaurants — 442 clean, 17 mid, 48 cooked.
Against the 612 spots Cooked tracks in Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan, this one comes out cleaner than 83% 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 December 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.