Cooked?
Take 31
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 12, 2024
- address15 East 31 Street, Manhattan 10016
- cuisineKorean
- phone6463989990
Is Take 31 clean?
Take 31 is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 12, 2024. 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 Take 31?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Take 31 last inspected?
Take 31 has 2 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2022, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 12, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 12, 2022 | Grade A | 7 pts |
Take 31 vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.
Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.
Other spots in Midtown-Midtown South
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 December 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.