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Red Star Chinese Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 18, 2026
- address985 East 174 Street, Bronx 10460
- cuisineChinese
- phone6465499802
Is Red Star Chinese Restaurant clean?
Red Star Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 18, 2026. 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 Red Star Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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 Red Star Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
Red Star Chinese Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to May 18, 2026, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Red Star Chinese Restaurant vs Crotona Park East
Crotona Park East runs 94% clean across 21 tracked restaurants — 17 clean, 0 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 21 spots Cooked tracks in Crotona Park East, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 May 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.