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Zucker's Bagels & Smoked Fish
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score6 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 30, 2025
- address273 Columbus Avenue, Manhattan 10023
- cuisineBagels/Pretzels
- phone2128742800
Is Zucker's Bagels & Smoked Fish clean?
Zucker's Bagels & Smoked Fish is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 30, 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 Zucker's Bagels & Smoked Fish?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Zucker's Bagels & Smoked Fish last inspected?
Zucker's Bagels & Smoked Fish has 3 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2023, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 30, 2025 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| September 18, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| April 11, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Zucker's Bagels & Smoked Fish vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 87% clean across 217 tracked restaurants — 169 clean, 6 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 217 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 85% 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 July 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.