Shake Shack #1525

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedJuly 3, 2025
• inspection score20 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJune 16, 2026 →
• address10 Columbus Circle, Manhattan 10019
• cuisineAmerican
• phone2019656605

Is Shake Shack #1525 clean?

Shake Shack #1525 currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on July 3, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on June 16, 2026 scoring 20 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Shake Shack #1525?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.

When was Shake Shack #1525 last inspected?

Shake Shack #1525 has 2 inspections on record going back to July 3, 2025, averaging 13 points.

Shake Shack #1525 vs Lincoln Square

Lincoln Square runs 87% clean across 220 tracked restaurants — 172 clean, 6 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 220 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 92% 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.

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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 June 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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