The Red Grill Mexican Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score8 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 25, 2026 →
• address1701 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10128
• cuisineMexican
• phone2127222188

Is The Red Grill Mexican Restaurant clean?

The Red Grill Mexican Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 25, 2026. 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 Red Grill Mexican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🛠️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.

When was The Red Grill Mexican Restaurant last inspected?

The Red Grill Mexican Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to December 21, 2021, averaging 17 points.

The Red Grill Mexican Restaurant vs Yorkville

Yorkville runs 82% clean across 241 tracked restaurants — 185 clean, 17 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 241 spots Cooked tracks in Yorkville, this one comes out cleaner than 74% 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.

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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 August 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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