Cooked?The Box
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 25, 2026 →
- address189 Chrystie Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2129824031
Is The Box clean?
The Box is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 25, 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 Box?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🤒sick worker near the foodcriticalFood worker/food vendor does not use utensil or other barrier to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment.
- 🍽️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 The Box last inspected?
The Box has 2 inspections on record going back to September 24, 2023, averaging 13 points.
June 25, 2026 A
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View full inspection →September 24, 2023 A
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View full inspection →The Box vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 75% clean across 685 tracked restaurants — 450 clean, 46 mid, 105 cooked.
Against the 685 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 June 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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