Cooked?Sauce Pizzeria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 22, 2023 →
- address84 Rivington Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisinePizza
- phone9176757240
Is Sauce Pizzeria clean?
Sauce Pizzeria is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 22, 2023. 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 Sauce Pizzeria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalProperly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
When was Sauce Pizzeria last inspected?
Sauce Pizzeria has 2 inspections on record going back to March 12, 2020, averaging 17 points.
January 22, 2023 A
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View full inspection →March 12, 2020 Score 21
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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 January 22, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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