New York City's Health Department inspects every permitted restaurant, unannounced, at least once a year. Inspectors assign points for violations — fewer points is better. Roughly: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, 28 or more a C.
Grade pending means the restaurant scored poorly on an initial inspection and is awaiting the re-inspection that sets its letter — it is not a failing grade. Some inspection types (administrative, pre-permit) never produce a grade at all.
Not yet inspected means the city's dataset shows no inspection on record — common for newly permitted restaurants.
Source: NYC Open Data, “DOHMH New York City Restaurant Inspection Results,” updated daily by the city. This site queries it live and shows it faithfully.
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CHILL LIL RAT. This is New York. Most violations aren’t critical or serious enough to shut a spot down…unless they actually got shut down. Those spots have a red ring around them.