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Pocha 32
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 29, 2025
- address15 West 32 Street, Manhattan 10001
- cuisineKorean
- phone2122791876
Is Pocha 32 clean?
Pocha 32 is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 29, 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 Pocha 32?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Pocha 32 last inspected?
Pocha 32 has 5 inspections on record going back to September 20, 2022, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| October 17, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 30, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 9 pts |
| January 23, 2023 | — | |
| September 20, 2022 | Grade B | 18 pts |
Pocha 32 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 16% of them.
Other spots in Midtown-Midtown South
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 May 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.