The Upside

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 25, 2026 →
• address588 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10024
• cuisineAmerican
• phone9178389347

Is The Upside clean?

The Upside is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 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 Upside?

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

• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
• 🛠️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 Upside last inspected?

The Upside has 4 inspections on record going back to August 25, 2022, averaging 16 points.

The Upside vs Upper West Side

Upper West Side runs 80% clean across 426 tracked restaurants — 313 clean, 20 mid, 60 cooked.

Against the 426 spots Cooked tracks in Upper West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 June 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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