NEW YORK – In the six months since New York City started giving letter grades to restaurants, a higher-than-expected 57 percent of restaurants have received an A.
The city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says the system has achieved its intended effect of spurring restaurants to improve their cleanliness and food safety.
But many in the restaurant industry — including owners of "A" restaurants — still believe the system is subjective and unfair.
"I'm not sure it was needed, the format," said Lorenzo Ansuini, who owns Mezzogiorno in the Soho neighborhood with his father and brother.
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