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Mission Chinese Food / Basement
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 24, 2026
- address45 Mott Street, Manhattan 10013
- cuisineChinese
- phone6463689818
Is Mission Chinese Food / Basement clean?
Mission Chinese Food / Basement is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 24, 2026. 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 Mission Chinese Food / Basement?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🔥hot food not kept hot enoughcriticalTime/Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) food not cooked to required minimum internal temperature. • Poultry, poultry parts, ground and comminuted poultry, all stuffing containing poultry, meats, fish or ratites to or above 165 °F for 15 seconds with no interruption of the cooking process • Ground meat, and food containing ground and comminuted meat, to or above 158 °F for 15 seconds with no interruption of the cooking process, except per individual customer request • Pork, any food containing pork to or above 150 °F for 15 seconds • Mechanically tenderized or injected meats to or above 155 °F. • Whole meat roasts and beef steak to or above required temperature and time except per individual customer request • Raw animal foods cooked in microwave to or above165 °F, covered, rotated or stirred • All other foods to or above 140 °F for 15 seconds; shell eggs to or above 145 °F for 15 seconds except per individual customer request.
- ⚠️Nuisance created or allowed to exist. Facility not free from unsafe, hazardous, offensive or annoying condition.Nuisance created or allowed to exist. Facility not free from unsafe, hazardous, offensive or annoying condition.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
When was Mission Chinese Food / Basement last inspected?
Mission Chinese Food / Basement has 3 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2024, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2026 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| November 22, 2024 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| April 11, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
Mission Chinese Food / Basement vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 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.
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 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.