Smile To Go

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 12, 2025
• address23 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan 10010
• cuisineAmerican
• phone6463079600

Is Smile To Go clean?

Smile To Go is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 12, 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 Smile To Go?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Smile To Go last inspected?

Smile To Go has 3 inspections on record going back to February 6, 2024, averaging 16 points.

Smile To Go vs Gramercy

Gramercy runs 81% clean across 263 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.

Against the 263 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 29% 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 September 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.