The Players

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score11 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 5, 2024 →
• address16 Gramercy Park South, Manhattan 10003
• cuisineAmerican
• phone2124756116

Is The Players clean?

The Players is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 5, 2024. 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 Players?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 5, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was The Players last inspected?

The Players has 3 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2022, averaging 16 points.

The Players vs Gramercy

Gramercy runs 81% clean across 264 tracked restaurants — 194 clean, 12 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 September 5, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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