Mj Smith Food & Spirits

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2025 →
• address9 East 45 Street, Manhattan 10017
• cuisineAmerican
• phone6465967497

Is Mj Smith Food & Spirits clean?

Mj Smith Food & Spirits is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 13, 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 Mj Smith Food & Spirits?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Mj Smith Food & Spirits last inspected?

Mj Smith Food & Spirits has 3 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2023, averaging 18 points.

Mj Smith Food & Spirits vs Midtown-Midtown South

Midtown-Midtown South runs 83% clean across 2,302 tracked restaurants — 1,604 clean, 93 mid, 234 cooked.

Against the 2,302 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 August 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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