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Papa John's Pizza
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 2, 2025
- address703 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan 10039
- cuisinePizza
- phone2124917272
Is Papa John's Pizza clean?
Papa John's Pizza is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 2, 2025. 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 Papa John's Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueSwollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Papa John's Pizza last inspected?
Papa John's Pizza has 4 inspections on record going back to November 22, 2022, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 11, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 16 pts |
| January 3, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| November 22, 2022 | Grade A | 11 pts |
Papa John's Pizza vs Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds
Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds runs 71% clean across 91 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 5 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 91 spots Cooked tracks in Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds, this one comes out cleaner than 67% 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 October 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.