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Som Bo
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 12, 2025
- address143 8 Avenue, Manhattan 10011
- cuisineAsian/Asian Fusion
- phone9173856399
Is Som Bo clean?
Som Bo is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 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 Som Bo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐈random live animals insidecriticalLive animal other than fish in tank or service animal present in facility’s food or non-food area.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Som Bo last inspected?
Som Bo has 7 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2023, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 24, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 43 pts |
| May 20, 2025 | Grade B | 18 pts |
| October 9, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| May 23, 2023 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| May 8, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| January 13, 2023 | Grade B | 26 pts |
Som Bo vs Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square
Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square runs 84% clean across 1,096 tracked restaurants — 773 clean, 50 mid, 100 cooked.
Against the 1,096 spots Cooked tracks in Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 November 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.