The Best Of New York Food

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score4 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 21, 2026 →
• address150 Water Street, Manhattan 10005
• cuisineAmerican
• phone3474218799

Is The Best Of New York Food clean?

The Best Of New York Food is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Best Of New York Food?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.

When was The Best Of New York Food last inspected?

The Best Of New York Food has 8 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2022, averaging 21 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

The Best Of New York Food vs Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan

Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan runs 85% clean across 640 tracked restaurants — 449 clean, 15 mid, 64 cooked.

Against the 640 spots Cooked tracks in Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan, this one comes out cleaner than 88% 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.

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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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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