Twelve Chairs

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedAugust 26, 2025
• inspection score0 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 18, 2025 →
• address56 Macdougal Street, Manhattan 10012
• cuisineMediterranean
• phone2123616164

Is Twelve Chairs clean?

Twelve Chairs currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on August 26, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on October 18, 2025 scoring 0 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Twelve Chairs?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 18, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Twelve Chairs last inspected?

Twelve Chairs has 5 inspections on record going back to November 23, 2022, averaging 12 points.

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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 October 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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