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The Penrose
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2025
- address1590 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10028
- cuisineIrish
- phone2122031741
Is The Penrose clean?
The Penrose is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Penrose?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🛠️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 Penrose last inspected?
The Penrose has 3 inspections on record going back to April 27, 2022, averaging 7 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| December 28, 2022 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 27, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
The Penrose vs Yorkville
Yorkville runs 83% clean across 240 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 12 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 240 spots Cooked tracks in Yorkville, this one comes out cleaner than 65% 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 March 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.