NYC, Delicious or Suspicious?

New York City Open Data: Restaurant Inspection Results.

(NYC Open Data is an initiative by the the City of New York which gives free access to all information produced by city government. The dataset used in the analysis below contains 7.7 million data points on restaurant inspections, violations, grades and adjudication information, provided by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).)

New York City is filled with ‘Foodies’, I am still unsure what this term actually means, but we all love to eat out. With over 24,000 restaurants in the city, NYC is the 4th most Restaurant-Dense City in the US. One way to narrow down your dinner selection is by restaurant inspection results, basically how clean the food serving facility is..

The below data has been cleaned and visualized for easier intake. I’d like to emphasize that this is not meant to slander any restaurant in any way, only to represent the data collected.

Restaurant Grades 101: a refresher course.

Grades are based on a numerical scoring system. Inspectors take the temperature of food products, inspect how food is prepared and watch for potential violations, such as evidence of vermin or dirty/unsanitary cooking utensils.

Restaurants are given points based on the type & severity of a violation, they then assign a grade based on those points. The lower the score, the better the restaurant performed.

A public health hazard , such as failing to keep food at the right temperature, triggers a minimum of 7 points.

, such as failing to keep food at the right temperature, triggers a minimum of 7 points. A critical violation, for example, serving raw food such as a salad without properly washing it first, carries a minimum of 5 points.

violation, for example, serving raw food such as a salad without properly washing it first, carries a minimum of 5 points. A general violation, such as not properly sanitizing cooking utensils, receives at least 2 points.

Grade Range:

‘A’ — indicates a score of 0–13

‘B’ — indicates a score of 14–27

‘C’ — indicates a score of greater than 27

‘Grade Pending’ — indicates the restaurant received an ‘B’ or a ‘C’ and is contesting the grade.

Got it? (more reference can be found here)