Carrie Levin has run her restaurant on New York’s Upper West Side for the last 29 years, but throughout the summer, she was terrified that any day could be her last one in business. Levin’s restaurant ...

The New York City Health Department said Thursday that 80 percent of the 250 restaurants it has inspected under the city’s new letter-grade system have earned either A or B grades. According to health ...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg claims that New York City’s restaurant grading policy has led to a decline in the number of cases of salmonella poisoning citywide. According to the Associated Press, Bloomberg ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City’s restaurant letter grading system is celebrating its 15th anniversary, marking a decade and a half of transforming how the city approaches food safety and dining ...

Sixth Avenue pizza parlor, West Village — A. Shouldn’t the statue be wearing gloves? In the nearly three months since the letter-grading system of the city’s Department of Health (DOH) went into ...

Some people follow the system, which grades restaurants on an A to C scale, religiously. If it’s not an A, they won’t dare go in. But others are far more lax, claiming that places with truly authentic ...