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Meem Spicy Grocery And Deli
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 6, 2026
- address160 East 28 Street, Manhattan 10016
- cuisineBangladeshi
- phone6462179551
Is Meem Spicy Grocery And Deli clean?
Meem Spicy Grocery And Deli is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 6, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Meem Spicy Grocery And Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 6, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalProperly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueDishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
When was Meem Spicy Grocery And Deli last inspected?
Meem Spicy Grocery And Deli has 14 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2023, averaging 48 points. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| March 24, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 43 pts |
| December 15, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 11 pts |
| December 9, 2025 | closed by the city | 18 pts |
| October 14, 2025 | closed by the city | 116 pts |
| August 7, 2025 | Grade C | 69 pts |
| April 3, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| October 4, 2024 | Grade C | 4 pts |
| September 30, 2024 | closed by the city | 50 pts |
| September 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 85 pts |
| September 19, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| September 15, 2023 | closed by the city | 47 pts |
Meem Spicy Grocery And Deli 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 6% 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 May 6, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.