Shake Shack #1525 is currently Grade A β³ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean π. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
Shake Shack #1525 has 2 inspections on record going back to July 3, 2025, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2026 | no grade issued β³ | 20 pts |
| July 3, 2025 | Grade A | 5 pts |
Lincoln Square runs 87% clean across 217 tracked restaurants β 169 clean, 6 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 217 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 92% of them.
New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0β13 points earns an A, 14β27 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 β it stays βGrade Pendingβ 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 β this listing's most recent inspection is dated July 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.