Stage 42

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 19, 2018 →
• address422 West 42 Street, Manhattan 10036
• cuisineAmerican
• phone2125867610

Is Stage 42 clean?

Stage 42 is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 19, 2018. 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 Stage 42?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 19, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.

When was Stage 42 last inspected?

Stage 42 has 5 inspections on record going back to September 24, 2015, averaging 9 points.

Stage 42 vs Clinton

Clinton runs 75% clean across 600 tracked restaurants — 408 clean, 33 mid, 105 cooked.

Against the 600 spots Cooked tracks in Clinton, this one comes out cleaner than 64% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 September 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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