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The Happiest Hour
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 2, 2025
- address121 West 10 Street, Manhattan 10011
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2122432827
Is The Happiest Hour clean?
The Happiest Hour is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 2, 2025. 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 Happiest Hour?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothscriticalWiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
- 🤒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.
When was The Happiest Hour last inspected?
The Happiest Hour has 3 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2024, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 2, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| August 20, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| January 10, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 18 pts |
The Happiest Hour vs West Village
West Village runs 81% clean across 1,012 tracked restaurants — 722 clean, 48 mid, 117 cooked.
Against the 1,012 spots Cooked tracks in West Village, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 December 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.