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The Friends Experience
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score2 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 10, 2025
- address130 East 23 Street, Manhattan 10010
- cuisineAmerican
- phone8567457476
Is The Friends Experience clean?
The Friends Experience is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 10, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Friends Experience?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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 Friends Experience last inspected?
The Friends Experience has 1 inspection on record going back to April 10, 2025, averaging 2 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 10, 2025 | Grade A | 2 pts |
The Friends Experience vs Gramercy
Gramercy runs 81% clean across 263 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 263 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 96% 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.
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 April 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.