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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 riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood 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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 13, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 19, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| April 6, 2023 | Grade B | 24 pts |
Mj Smith Food & Spirits vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.
Against the 2,257 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.
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.