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Wafels & Dinges
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 23, 2025
- address392 Columbus Avenue, Manhattan 10024
- cuisineAmerican
- phone6464541229
Is Wafels & Dinges clean?
Wafels & Dinges is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 23, 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 Wafels & Dinges?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothscriticalWiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Wafels & Dinges last inspected?
Wafels & Dinges has 6 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 19, 2024 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| September 13, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| July 31, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| June 30, 2023 | Grade C | 28 pts |
| June 16, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 45 pts |
Wafels & Dinges vs Upper West Side
Upper West Side runs 81% clean across 416 tracked restaurants — 315 clean, 20 mid, 56 cooked.
Against the 416 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.
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 May 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.