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St Bess Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 30, 2025
- address4466 Baychester Avenue, Bronx 10466
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone3479646333
Is St Bess Restaurant clean?
St Bess Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 30, 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 St Bess Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 30, 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.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
When was St Bess Restaurant last inspected?
St Bess Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to February 15, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| August 20, 2024 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| February 26, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| February 15, 2023 | Grade B | 19 pts |
St Bess Restaurant vs Woodlawn-Wakefield
Woodlawn-Wakefield runs 76% clean across 76 tracked restaurants — 55 clean, 5 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 76 spots Cooked tracks in Woodlawn-Wakefield, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.
Other spots in Woodlawn-Wakefield
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 October 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.