Utopia Kitchen & Lounge

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score37 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedAugust 11, 2023
• address238A Sherman Avenue, Manhattan 10034
• cuisineLatin American
• phone6466237900

Is Utopia Kitchen & Lounge clean?

New York currently lists Utopia Kitchen & Lounge as grade pending, following an inspection on August 11, 2023 that scored 37 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Utopia Kitchen & Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 11, 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.
• 🗑️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.
• 🧽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.
• ⚠️Workplace SFAA policy not prominently posted in workplace.
  Workplace SFAA policy not prominently posted in workplace.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🦪shellfish with no paper trailcritical
  Shellfish not from approved source, not or improperly tagged/labeled; tags not retained for 90 days.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.

When was Utopia Kitchen & Lounge last inspected?

Utopia Kitchen & Lounge has 1 inspection on record going back to August 11, 2023, averaging 37 points.

Utopia Kitchen & Lounge vs Marble Hill-Inwood

Marble Hill-Inwood runs 74% clean across 142 tracked restaurants — 92 clean, 8 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 142 spots Cooked tracks in Marble Hill-Inwood, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 August 11, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.