Pete's Tavern

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score9 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2025 →
• address129 East 18 Street, Manhattan 10003
• cuisineAmerican
• phone9178429242

Is Pete's Tavern clean?

Pete's Tavern is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 19, 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 Pete's Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽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.
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.

When was Pete's Tavern last inspected?

Pete's Tavern has 3 inspections on record going back to February 28, 2023, averaging 7 points.

Pete's Tavern vs Gramercy

Gramercy runs 81% clean across 264 tracked restaurants — 194 clean, 12 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 73% 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 November 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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