Ming Kee Kitchen

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 21, 2026 →
• address237 Grand St Store B, Manhattan 10002
• cuisineChinese
• phone2122192282

Is Ming Kee Kitchen clean?

Ming Kee Kitchen is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 21, 2026. 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 Ming Kee Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.
• ♨️leftovers reheated sketchycritical
  TCS food removed from cold holding or prepared from or combined with ingredients at room temperature not cooled by an approved method to 41 °F or below within 4 hours.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.

When was Ming Kee Kitchen last inspected?

Ming Kee Kitchen has 7 inspections on record going back to October 17, 2024, averaging 40 points.

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Chinatown runs 75% clean across 685 tracked restaurants — 450 clean, 46 mid, 105 cooked.

Against the 685 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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