NYC Restaurant Inspections and RatingsGives information about restaurant inspections, grades, and violations. Enables you to search by neighborhood, zip code, cuisine, etc.
The Health Department conducts unannounced inspections of restaurants at least once a year. Inspectors check for compliance in food handling, food temperature, personal hygiene and vermin control. Each violation of a regulation gets a certain number of points. At the end of the inspection, the inspector totals the points and this number is the restaurant's inspection score — the lower the score, the better the grade.