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Washington Square Diner
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 4, 2025
- address150 West 4 Street, Manhattan 10012
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2125339306
Is Washington Square Diner clean?
Washington Square Diner is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Washington Square Diner?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup offSingle service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
When was Washington Square Diner last inspected?
Washington Square Diner has 5 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2022, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| March 11, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| February 10, 2023 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| September 7, 2022 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| July 20, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
Washington Square Diner vs West Village
West Village runs 81% clean across 1,012 tracked restaurants — 722 clean, 48 mid, 117 cooked.
Against the 1,012 spots Cooked tracks in West Village, this one comes out cleaner than 75% 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 June 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.