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Pizza · Lower East Side, Manhattan

Champion Pizza Essex

123 Essex Street, Manhattan 10002 · 2122285597

A NYC grade
81 Clean Score
4 Inspection score
Mar 25, 2025 Last inspection

Currently on the watch list — recent inspection flagged elevated risk.

Most recent inspection

Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection

Inspection history

Mar 25, 2025 · Grade A · Score 4

Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection

  • 10E — Accurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment (critical)
  • 09B — Thawing procedure improper. (critical)
Nov 6, 2024 · Grade C · Score 36

Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection

  • 02B — Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F. (critical)
  • 10F — 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)
  • 04N — 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)
  • 08A — Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests. (critical)
  • 02G — 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)
  • 04H — Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan. (critical)
Jun 20, 2024 · Grade N/A · Score 21

Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection

  • 04A — Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations. (critical)
  • 10D — 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. (critical)
  • 02B — Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F. (critical)
  • 10H — 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)
Jan 31, 2023 · Grade A · Score 12

Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection

  • 08C — Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used. (critical)
  • 04A — Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations. (critical)
Jun 7, 2022 · Grade N/A · Score 35

Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection

  • 04N — 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. (critical)
  • 04A — Food Protection Certificate not held by supervisor of food operations. (critical)
  • 06F — Wiping cloths soiled or not stored in sanitizing solution. (critical)
  • 08C — Pesticide use not in accordance with label or applicable laws. Prohibited chemical used/stored. Open bait station used. (critical)
  • 09C — Food contact surface not properly maintained. (critical)
  • 06C — Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service. (critical)

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