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How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 2 of 2 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Oct 21, 2025: passed with 13 violations, 3 critical. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
- Keeps coming up: Tobacco is used; eating, drinking in food preparation, dishwashing food storage areas, cited 2 times, plus 4 other repeat issues.
- #10 in Schenectady's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 3 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 2 visits
- 2025
- Passed Oct 21
Inspection
13 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Toxic chemicals are improperly labeled, stored or used so that contamination of food can occur.
- Critical Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or above 140°F during hot holding.
- Critical Cooked or prepared foods are subject to cross-contamination from raw foods.
- Minor Tobacco is used; eating, drinking in food preparation, dishwashing food storage areas
- Minor Handwashing facilities inaccessible, improperly located, dirty, in disrepair, improper fixtures, soap, and single service towels or hand drying devices missing
- Minor Single service items reused, improperly stored, dispensed, not used when required
- Minor Insects, rodents present
- Minor Food (ice) contact surfaces are improperly designed, constructed, installed, located (cracks, open seams, pitted surfaces, tin cans reused, uncleanable or corroded food contact surfaces)
- Minor Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked)
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings, not smooth, properly constructed, in disrepair, dirty surfaces
- Minor Wiping cloths dirty, not stored properly in sanitizing solutions
- Minor Premises littered, unnecessary equipment and article present, living quarters no completely separated for food service operations, live animals, birds and pets not excluded
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces and equipment are improperly designed, constructed, installed, maintained (equipment not readily accessible for cleaning, surface not smooth finish)
- 2024
- Passed Apr 2
Inspection
7 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Potentially hazardous foods are not stored under refrigeration except during necessary preparation or approved precooling procedures (room temperature storage).
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings, not smooth, properly constructed, in disrepair, dirty surfaces
- Minor Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked)
- Minor Tobacco is used; eating, drinking in food preparation, dishwashing food storage areas
- Minor Wiping cloths dirty, not stored properly in sanitizing solutions
- Minor Single service items reused, improperly stored, dispensed, not used when required
- Minor Toilet facilities inadequate, inconvenient, dirty, in disrepair, toilet paper missing, not self-closing doors, missing hand wash signs
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Union Pizza, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.