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Playa Bowls
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score23 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 25, 2025
- address493 Avenue Of The Americas, Manhattan 10011
- cuisineFrozen Desserts
- phone6465582149
Is Playa Bowls clean?
Playa Bowls is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Playa Bowls?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Caloric content not posted on menus, menu boards or food tags, in a food service establishment that is 1 of 15 or more outlets operating the same type of business nationally under common ownership or control, or as a franchise or doing business under the same name, for each menu item that is served in portions, the size and content of which are standardized.Caloric content not posted on menus, menu boards or food tags, in a food service establishment that is 1 of 15 or more outlets operating the same type of business nationally under common ownership or control, or as a franchise or doing business under the same name, for each menu item that is served in portions, the size and content of which are standardized.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Playa Bowls last inspected?
Playa Bowls has 5 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2023, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 13, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 37 pts |
| April 25, 2025 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| January 15, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| November 16, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| July 27, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
Playa Bowls vs West Village
West Village runs 81% clean across 1,012 tracked restaurants — 722 clean, 48 mid, 117 cooked.
Against the 1,012 spots Cooked tracks in West Village, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 April 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.