85 Percent of New York Restaurants Now Have 'A' Grades

A-OK. The New York City Health Department's restaurant grades have long been a point of contention among many, especially critics who think the DOH can use arbitrarily negative grades to extract fines and other fees from otherwise-clean restaurants. But here's a bright spot: The city's restaurants are the cleanest they've ever been, according to recently released health department figures. Of the 23,975 places on file with inspections, about 85 percent are up to an "A," while a mere 385 restaura...