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Letter Grades

  1. good news
    More New York City Restaurants Have ‘A’ Grades Than Ever BeforeAnd that’s despite the fact that the city’s restaurant grading system is as opaque as ever.
    By Nikita Richardson
  2. food safety
    New York Will Now Require Street Vendors to Receive Letter GradesFinally, a way to tell the difference between different chicken-and-rice meals.
    By Chris Crowley
  3. food safety
    New York City Food Carts Are One Step Closer to Getting Letter GradesCity Council’s Health Committee unanimously passed the bill yesterday.
    By Clint Rainey
  4. food safety
    New City Council Bill Would Require Letter Grades on New York’s Food CartsYou may soon know if that gyro is hygienic in addition to halal.
    By Clint Rainey
  5. health concerns
    New York Lawmakers Want to Put Letter Grades on School CafeteriasJust like restaurants!
    By Clint Rainey
  6. Letter Grades
    Chinatown Restaurants Don’t Really Care About B and C GradesNeighborhood noodle joints to clean up.
    By Belle Cushing
  7. Apps and Entrees
    Here’s Another Chrome Extension That Shows Restaurant-Inspection DataDon’t waste half your life digging through municipal databases, just use this.
    By Hugh Merwin
  8. Warnings
    Bloomberg Speaks Out Against Chefs ‘Bitching’ Over Letter GradesIt’s your problem if you go somewhere with a “B” grade.
    By Belle Cushing
  9. Chills
    Are Food-Poisoning Complaints Up in the Age of Letter Grades?Salmonella is down, but 311 has been ringing off the hook.
    By Belle Cushing
  10. Letter Grades
    Local 1205 Slips Back To ‘B’ Rating on A.K.The market space is cited for violations on a street where appearances really matter.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  11. That’s Fine
    City Council Seeks Lower Fines for DOH-Inspected RestaurantsThe new rules are designed to help small business owners.
    By Hugh Merwin
  12. The Future
    Forget Letter Grades: Here Come Health Report QR CodesGo ahead, scan those Health Department inspection grades.
    By Hugh Merwin
  13. Health Concerns
    There Are a Few New York Chefs That Don’t Have to Deal with Letter GradesOpen a restaurant in a market and health grades won’t be an issue.
    By Alan Sytsma
  14. Ew
    In Defense of the C-Grade RestaurantC stands for “Who Cares.”
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  15. Health Concerns
    Council Speaker Christine Quinn Wants to Reduce Restaurant Health-Grade FinesJust call her “Hero of Restaurateurs” Quinn.
    By Jenny Miller
  16. Service Stories
    DOH Grades Mapped: Now You Can See Exactly Which Restaurants Have Mice [Updated]Turns out Per Se and Loi have some serious violation points.
    By Alan Sytsma
  17. Mediavore
    Somali Food Aid Blocked by Extremists; Fat Duck Chef Has a New BirdAfter 20 years, Heston Blumenthal is now dating Suzanne Pirret, an American woman branded as “saucy” in The Telegraph.
  18. Health Concerns
    Putting the F-U in Fu SushiBy chasing a ‘Post’ photographer down the street.
    By Jenny Miller
  19. Health Concerns
    Letter Grades Hit Take-out Menus!This is a new one …
    By Daniel Maurer
  20. Health Concerns
    The City’s Dirtiest Hood, Plus More Michelin-StarredAnd dirty balls at the Meatball Shop?
    By Daniel Maurer
  21. Mediavore
    Blogger Sued by Benihana; Letter-Grading Begins for Food TrucksIf a chain could sue a blogger in this country, there’d be a whole lot of them in jail by now.
  22. Health Concerns
    ‘A’ Bit of Good News for Gramercy TavernThe city’s most popular restaurant is no longer in danger of a “C.”
    By Daniel Maurer
  23. Health Concerns
    Six Months In, City Is A-OK With Letter GradesBut should it be?
    By Daniel Maurer
  24. Health Concerns
    Bloomberg Vows to Ease Fines, Cut Red TapeNow this is a step in the right direction …
    By Daniel Maurer
  25. Mediavore
    Bush Administration Pushed Genetically Modified Foods; 8,000 Pounds of AngusWikileaks reveals aims for more modified frankenfood, while there’s yet another listeria scare in our meat supply.
  26. Health Concerns
    Gramercy Tavern Wouldn’t Say It’s ‘Fighting’ aNevertheless, the restaurant was “extremely disappointed with our preliminary inspection results.”
    By Daniel Maurer
  27. Health Concerns
    Gramercy Tavern Is Among Scores of Restaurants Fighting a ‘C’ GradeInspectors found roaches and flies in the city’s most popular restaurant.
    By Daniel Maurer
  28. Health Concerns
    Bloomberg Favorite in Danger of ‘C’If Viand doesn’t improve its health score, Bloomberg may have to find a new burger joint.
    By Daniel Maurer
  29. Health Concerns
    Which Street-Food Vendor Will Land The First A-Grade?With Roy Cho’s predilections for dark alleys, volatile reactions, “beat-downs,” and ganja, it probably won’t be Kogi.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  30. Takin’ It To The Streets
    L.A. Votes For Street Food Letter Grades, Somewhere Gloria Molina Is SmilingIncreased consumer confidence could be off-set by increased regulation and possibly drive some vendors off the streets.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  31. Health Concerns
    Cer Te Makes the BEST of Its BSneaky restaurant fail part two?
    By Daniel Maurer
  32. Health Concerns
    Le Bernardin Is Now A-Okay After C ScareAnd all is right with the world again.
    By Daniel Maurer
  33. Health Concerns
    Would Letter Grades Sap The Street Out of L.A. Street Food?Proposed letter grading could affect 10,000 vendors across the city.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  34. Health Concerns
    Faking the Big ‘A’Did your local Chinese joint really score an A on its health inspection?
    By Daniel Maurer
  35. Health Concerns
    Sacre Bleu! Five-Star Le Bernardin Gets C-Worthy Health ScoreWill a big fat C be plastered on the window of the city’s No. 1 restaurant?
    By Daniel Maurer
  36. Health Concerns
    Red-Tape Relief: DOH Passes 80 Percent of Eateries, SLA Prunes Its HedgesA couple of our favorite bureaucratic agencies are patting themselves on the back today.
    By Daniel Maurer
  37. Mediavore
    Cake Boss Star Arrested; Vikings Raid L.A. RestaurantsRemy Gonzalez is being held on $300,000 bail for an alleged sexual assault, while a group of fake Norse invaders might be eying your table.
  38. Health Concerns
    Restaurateurs Worry: Will Health Scores Go Viral?Changes in the health code mean that past health-inspection results might be misleading.
    By Daniel Maurer
  39. Health Concerns
    Will Letter Grades Hit Ethnic Restaurants Hardest?It’s finally possible to find out which types of restaurants received C-worthy scores most often.
    By Daniel Maurer
  40. Health Concerns
    Deli That Got an A Still Has to Shell Out $800There goes THAT feel-good story.
    By Daniel Maurer
  41. Health Concerns
    Ignoring ‘the Health Taliban’How does Anthony Bourdain feel about letter grades?
    By Daniel Maurer
  42. Health Concerns
    Post: 6,000 Restaurants Got C-Range Health Scores Last MonthA scene-y newcomer faces public shaming even before letter grades debut.
    By Daniel Maurer
  43. Health Concerns
    Will Letter Grades Reduce Food Poisoning?Hospital admissions for food poisoning dropped 20 percent after L.A. introduced restaurant letter grades.
    By Aileen Gallagher
  44. Quote of the Day
    Jonathan Gold Preps New York for Letter Grade ShockWill a B make Gothamites flee?
  45. Health Concerns
    Letter Grades Aside, Is the Revised Health Code Actually a Win forAlong with introducing new letter grades, the Department of Health loosens rules on flies, expired milk, and more.
    By Daniel Maurer
  46. Health Concerns
    Is the Health Department Out to Ruin Your Winegasms?The Health Department is changing its code, and a curiously named Astoria wine bar should be worried.
    By Daniel Maurer
  47. Health Concerns
    Monkey Bar Rises From ‘C’ to ‘A,’ But Manager Is StillWhy was Monkey Bar docked 60 points during a recent Health Department inspection?
    By Daniel Maurer
  48. Health Concerns
    The ‘C’ Class: Restaurants That Would Have the Lowest Marks UnderWould you go to them anyway?
    By Daniel Maurer
  49. Health Concerns
    Marc Murphy Is Still Not Happy About This Whole Letter-Grade ThingThe Landmarc restaurateur still finds the Department of Health ruling very “frustrating.”
    By Daniel Maurer
  50. Health Concerns
    Restaurateurs Are Red-Faced As DOH Approves Letter GradesThe Department of Health will require restaurant owners to post scarlet letters on their windows.
    By Carolyn Murnick
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