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Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2025
- address162-23 Depot Road, Queens 11358
- cuisineKorean
- phone7183594583
Is Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi clean?
Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueAccurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
When was Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi last inspected?
Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi has 5 inspections on record going back to February 3, 2023, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 4, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| March 20, 2023 | Grade C | 2 pts |
| March 16, 2023 | closed by the city | 46 pts |
| March 13, 2023 | closed by the city | 48 pts |
| February 3, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 37 pts |
Tong Sam Gyup Goo Yi vs Murray Hill
Murray Hill runs 66% clean across 222 tracked restaurants — 131 clean, 24 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 222 spots Cooked tracks in Murray Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.