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Restaurant inspections in New York
Who inspects, where the record lives, what the public actually sees, and whether it has to be posted on the door. Every line below links to the government source it came from.
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Who inspects
Split: outside New York City, food service establishments are permitted and inspected by NYSDOH district offices and county/local health departments; New York City is inspected separately by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets regulates retail food stores Agency page
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What the public sees
Outside NYC, results are a narrative violation list with counts of total critical violations, critical violations not corrected, and non-critical violations. In NYC, a numeric inspection score corresponds to a letter grade. Source
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Posting the result
Posting rule not confirmed.
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Food code in force
Not confirmed. The FDA Food Code is a model, not a federal mandate — each state decides which edition to adopt and how far to amend it.
| Where to search | Coverage |
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| Food Service Establishment Inspections: Beginning 2005 (statewide excluding NYC) | Statewide |
| NYC ABCEats restaurant inspection lookup | City |
If you run the restaurant
The record is public either way. The useful move is to read it before a customer does.
Pull your own record
Search yourself in the lookup above and read every line of the last three reports. Repeat violations are what escalate.
Work the ten risk factors
Most citations trace back to the same ten practices the FDA measures nationally. Run the ten-minute self-check.
Fix, document, re-inspect
Dated photos and a written correction log are what a re-inspection rewards. What to do after a bad inspection.
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