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CHAMPION PIZZA ESSEX
123 ESSEX STREET, Manhattan, NY 10002
Last inspected Mar 25, 2025
Excellent. Top marks — the latest inspection found no serious issues, or few enough to earn the health department's best band.
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Inspection history
Mar 25, 2025
A2 violations
- Accurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
- Thawing procedure improper.
Nov 6, 2024
C6 violations
- Critical:Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- Critical:Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- Critical:Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- Critical:Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Jun 20, 2024
✕4 violations
- Critical:Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
- Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
- Critical:Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
Jan 31, 2023
A2 violations
- Critical:Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
Jun 7, 2022
✕7 violations
- Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
- Critical:Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations.
- Critical:Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
- Critical:Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.
- Food contact surface not properly maintained.
- Pesticide use not in accordance with label or applicable laws. Prohibited chemical used/stored. Open bait station used.
- Critical:Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution.
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