By Jennifer Glickel
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Restaurants that have gotten low marks in the Health Department’s new grading system are hiding the 'C' from public view, the New York Post found.
The Department of Health recently revealed the first 15 restaurants in the city to have been given a C grade, of which the paper found eight that were not displaying the grades in plain sight of customers as they are meant to.
Bread and Pastry Café in Greenwich Village earned a C grade in September because of the 41 violation points it received, but the paper found that the restaurant was hanging a sign in the window that read “grade pending” last week.
"It's my choice," clerk Mohammed Zaman told the Post, explaining that the cafe was due for another hearing at which it would get a higher grade.
Another Manhattan restaurant, Red Curry Thai at 399 Lexington Ave., only replaced its “grade pending” sign with one revealing its C grade after the Post began to inquire about it, the paper reported.
The restaurant continually changed the more prominent of the two signs throughout the week, the paper said.
Restaurants are given a C grade if they rack up more than 28 violations by inspectors, according to the new A-B-C grading system that went into effect in July.
