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Square Pizza
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 17, 2025
- address37 Clinton Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisinePizza
- phone2128372566
Is Square Pizza clean?
Square Pizza is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Square Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Square Pizza last inspected?
Square Pizza has 4 inspections on record going back to September 12, 2022, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 15, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| January 25, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 12, 2022 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Square Pizza vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 July 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.