The Big Apple (Ritz Carlton Hotel Employee Cafeteria)

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 26, 2026 →
• address50 Central Park South, Manhattan 10019
• cuisineAmerican
• phone2123089100

Is The Big Apple (Ritz Carlton Hotel Employee Cafeteria) clean?

The Big Apple (Ritz Carlton Hotel Employee Cafeteria) is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 26, 2026. 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 The Big Apple (Ritz Carlton Hotel Employee Cafeteria)?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was The Big Apple (Ritz Carlton Hotel Employee Cafeteria) last inspected?

The Big Apple (Ritz Carlton Hotel Employee Cafeteria) has 4 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2023, averaging 18 points.

The Big Apple (Ritz Carlton Hotel Employee Cafeteria) vs Midtown-Midtown South

Midtown-Midtown South runs 83% clean across 2,302 tracked restaurants — 1,604 clean, 93 mid, 234 cooked.

Against the 2,302 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 March 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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