Upstairs / Bistango

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score24 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 26, 2023
• address145 East 50 Street, Manhattan 10022
• cuisineItalian
• phone2127021667

Is Upstairs / Bistango clean?

Upstairs / Bistango is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 26, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Upstairs / Bistango?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 26, 2023, 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.
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.

When was Upstairs / Bistango last inspected?

Upstairs / Bistango has 2 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2022, averaging 27 points.

Upstairs / Bistango vs Turtle Bay-East Midtown

Turtle Bay-East Midtown runs 83% clean across 605 tracked restaurants — 448 clean, 33 mid, 60 cooked.

Against the 605 spots Cooked tracks in Turtle Bay-East Midtown, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 December 26, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.