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Zaro's Family Bakery
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 10, 2025
- address2 Penn Plaza, Manhattan 10121
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone2122920150
Is Zaro's Family Bakery clean?
Zaro's Family Bakery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 10, 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 Zaro's Family Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Zaro's Family Bakery last inspected?
Zaro's Family Bakery has 4 inspections on record going back to November 15, 2022, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| August 21, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| March 21, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| November 15, 2022 | Grade A | 4 pts |
Zaro's Family Bakery vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.
Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 October 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.