By Kathleen Lucadamo for the New York Daily News

Finding a clean restaurant will be as easy as ABC under a Health Department rule passed Tuesday.

Starting in July, eateries will be required to prominently post letter grades based on health inspections, under a measure the Board of Health passed, 6 to 2.

Starting July, city restaurants will be required to post letter grades based on health inspections

By Kathleen Lucadamo for the New York Daily News

Finding a clean restaurant will be as easy as ABC under a Health Department rule passed Tuesday.

Starting in July, eateries will be required to prominently post letter grades based on health inspections, under a measure the Board of Health passed, 6 to 2.

“The grade in the window will give you a sense of how clean the kitchen is, and it will give every restaurant operator an incentive to maintain safe, sanitary conditions,” said Health Commissioner Thomas Farley.

Restaurants that earn an A will be inspected annually while those that garner a C will be visited four times a year.

Restaurant owners argue that health officials want to embarrass them, as well as collect more fines for the city’s coffers. They are considering a lawsuit.

Said Mayor Bloomberg: “I think that I would prefer to eat at a restaurant with a grade A.”

Restaurants can protest their grades through an administrative hearing.

One Comment

  • easy as ABC

    very neat, thanks Bloomberg, I am so into this ABC thing.

    Now we’ll know where NOT to eat