NYC Restaurant Inspections

Context:

Restaurant inspections for permitted food establishments in NYC. Restaurants are graded on A-F scale with regular visits by city health department.

Content:

Dataset includes address, cuisine description, inspection date, type, action, violation code and description(s). Data covers all of NYC and starts Jan 1, 2010-Aug 29, 2017.

Acknowledgements:

Data was collected by the NYC Department of Health and is available here.

Inspiration:

• Can you predict restaurant closings?
• Are certain violations more prominent in certain neighborhoods? By cuisine?
• Who gets worse grades--chain restaurants or independent establishments?