restaurant inspections

The New York City Health Department has closed Nagasaki Sushi at 109 Eldridge Street. In an inspection this past Wednesday, the popular spot for inexpensive rolls racked up 80 violation points. Among the "critical violations" noted by the inspector: "hot...

On the second Wednesday of each month, we post this report  of restaurants in the 10002 ZIP code that scored 28 points or more on their health department inspections, the equivalent of “C” grades under the city’s rating system. We also...

Va Bene Pizza, at 201 E. Clinton St. near East Broadway, was shut down by health inspectors Tuesday after receiving 81 points for sanitary violations. Va Bene was cited for eight violations, six of them rated critical. The critical violations included...

Here at The Lo-Down, we know our readers care a lot about our local restaurants. We are all fortunate to live, work and play in a neighborhood full of interesting places to eat and drink. We welcome the new...

The city's health inspectors closed neighborhood Malaysian restaurant Overseas Taste at 49 Canal St. yesterday, citing 10 violations of sanitary regulations totalling 82 points. The problems noted included improper holding temperatures for both hot and cold foods, the presence of roaches and...

Here at The Lo-Down, we know our readers care a lot about our local restaurants. We are all fortunate to live, work and play in a neighborhood full of interesting places to eat and drink. We welcome the new...

It's been a tough few weeks for PKNY, the Lower East Side tiki bar formerly known as Painkiller. On top of losing its former name in a federal lawsuit over trademarks in late May, city health officials issued it terrible...

Rock club The National Underground passed a reinspection from the city's health department today, but will not be reopening tonight, as co-owner Joey DeGraw had hoped. A sign on the door this afternoon called it "good news and bad...

The LES tiki bar formerly known as Painkiller apparently has addressed most of the sanitation issues that earned it 101 violation points from the city health department earlier this month. In its second inspection in 10 days on Monday, the artisan cocktail...

In the six days since the city's health department shut The National Underground down, Joey DeGraw has been up late cleaning out his walk-in cooler, installing new bathroom vents and caulking the floorboards of his stage. A crew of employees and volunteer NYC musicians who are...