The Lobby Bar & Garden / Creatures Rooftop / Music For A While

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score24 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 21, 2026 →
• address518 West 27 Street, Manhattan 10001
• cuisineAmerican
• phone6462566850

Is The Lobby Bar & Garden / Creatures Rooftop / Music For A While clean?

New York currently lists The Lobby Bar & Garden / Creatures Rooftop / Music For A While as grade pending, following an inspection on October 21, 2026 that scored 24 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at The Lobby Bar & Garden / Creatures Rooftop / Music For A While?

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

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🛠️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.
• ⚠️“Choking first aid” poster not posted. “Alcohol and Pregnancy” warning sign not posted. Resuscitation equipment: exhaled air resuscitation masks (adult & pediatric), latex gloves, sign not posted.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Accurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was The Lobby Bar & Garden / Creatures Rooftop / Music For A While last inspected?

The Lobby Bar & Garden / Creatures Rooftop / Music For A While has 1 inspection on record going back to October 21, 2026, averaging 24 points.

The Lobby Bar & Garden / Creatures Rooftop / Music For A While vs Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square

Hudson Yards-Chelsea-Flat Iron-Union Square runs 83% clean across 1,152 tracked restaurants — 801 clean, 56 mid, 107 cooked.

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

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