For restaurants & operators
Every NYC restaurant lives on two city ledgers: the Health Department's inspection file and the OATH hearings docket. DailyDog sweeps both — grade history, critical violations, summonses, penalties, hearing dates — and barks the moment anything changes at your establishment.
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The problem with the job
Cycle inspections arrive unannounced, and the worse your last score, the sooner the next one comes. Every open item from last time gets re-scored first — so a citation you meant to fix in the spring is the first thing on the clipboard in the fall.
Health citations become summonses, and summonses become hearings. Miss one — the notice went to the wrong address, the manager quit, the mail sat — and the default lands at up to five times the standard penalty, then starts collecting interest.
The card in the window is a lagging indicator of a record anyone can check. By the time the grade moves, the citations behind it have been public for weeks. Watching the record is how you fix things before the window does the talking.
The clocks you're on
DailyDog reads your establishment's inspection history, OATH docket, and license standing — the next cycle window, the permit and liquor-license lapses, each hearing, the tax calendar — and barks while there's still time to act cheaply.
Unannounced — the better your score, the longer the gap
Every open item from last time is re-scored first
Posted at the entrance, or Grade Pending while you contest
Fines for not posting; the public reads it either way
Renewed annually — lapse and you're operating unpermitted
Summonses escalate fast on an expired permit
Every summons gets a hearing date — attend, cure, or settle
A no-show is a default at up to five times the penalty
Missed a hearing? The first reopen request is granted automatically
Day 76: the default judgment stands and interest runs
Scores of 28+ with a public-health hazard can close you same-day
Reopening means passing a re-inspection — on their schedule
The SLA filing window opens 90 days before expiry
An expired license stops liquor sales outright — often the most valuable paper in the building
Tobacco, e-cigarette, game machines — each on its own expiry
Lapsed tobacco licenses can forfeit the slot under community caps
Sales tax quarterlies due the 20th; Manhattan leases may owe CRT
Late returns draw penalties plus interest, and audits look back years
Computed per establishment from its own record · reminders escalate as dates approach
The paperwork desk
Every exit from an OATH summons runs through a form: reopen the hearing you missed (granted automatically inside 75 days), reschedule the one you can't make, appeal the decision you lost (30 days, penalty paid first), authorize someone to appear for you.
DailyDog asks plain questions, types the answers onto the official form with your summons details already filled, and stages every field for the city's own online filing — you review and submit. The signature line is the only thing we leave to you.
“food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation…”
✓ How to clear this
1. Request the new hearing — 41 days left in the automatic window 2. Correct and photograph the condition 3. Bring the proof
📄 Reopen request prepared · ✎ note: “manager attends, GN4 signed”
Prefilled from the summons · staged for the city's online filing
The math
a missed hearing multiplies the penalty
A $1,000 summons decided by default can finalize at $5,000 — plus interest until it's paid or reopened.
the automatic reopen window
Caught in time, one prepared form erases the default and gets the hearing back. Caught late, the judgment stands.
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Daily watching, the hub, deadline reminders, and the filing desk — for less than one hour of anyone's lawyer.
The ledger, live
Operating restaurants ranked by penalties imposed at OATH — matched to the city's current permit roster and refreshed daily. This is the ledger the dog reads every morning.
Tallying the live ledger...
The spotlight
Live records on kitchens you know — the grade, the score behind it, and whatever the docket is carrying. Refreshed daily.
Questions operators ask
Any NYC food-service establishment's public record on one sheet: the posted letter grade and score history, open health citations, OATH summonses with hearing results, and a 0–100 risk profile. The full report adds every record's identifier, status, hearing dates, exact penalties, and the step-by-step cure path.
The citations from that visit land on your record before the paper stops moving. DailyDog shows each one with what it means, what it scores, and what fixes it — and if a summons follows, the hearing date shows up as a countdown with a playbook: contest it, cure it, or settle it before the penalty multiplies.
Not if you move inside 75 days. A first request to reopen a default is granted automatically when OATH receives it within 75 days of the decision — DailyDog counts the days and prepares the exact request form with your details already typed on it. After 75 days you need a reasonable excuse; after a year, exceptional circumstances.
We prepare it; you file it. The filing desk turns plain-English questions into the official OATH forms — reopen a default, reschedule a hearing, appeal a decision, authorize a representative — prefilled from your summons, then hands you into the city's own online filing with every field staged. Nothing is submitted without your click.
Every location you watch gets its record re-checked every day. When something changes, the bark names it — "new summons, hearing in 34 days" — the morning it appears, not a certified letter three weeks after the hearing you missed. Deadline reminders escalate as dates approach.
Yes. Each location gets its own hub — open items with cure paths, the inspection picture, report history — and the Pro membership watches five locations (slots are shared with any buildings you watch too). Portfolios beyond that are an Enterprise conversation.
Paying settles the money, not the record. Health citations are verified corrected at the next inspection, and OATH summonses close through the hearing process. The report keeps both ledgers straight so nothing quietly stays open.
Start with the record
Free, no signup — the grade history, open items, and OATH standing for any NYC establishment.
The same watchdog covers NYC properties — violations, permits, and the compliance calendar.
| # | Establishment | Cases | Penalties imposed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PEKING KITCHEN II 2162 8 Avenue, Manhattan | 47 | $45,060 |
| 2 | DAVE'S HOT CHICKEN 345 Adams Street, Brooklyn | 103 | $44,280 |
| 3 | CREDIT LIFE BAR & GRILL 1275 Edward L Grant Highway, Bronx | 52 | $41,030 |
| 4 | OMAKASE BY TENTO 106 Avenue B, Manhattan | 37 | $34,360 |
| 5 | Gigi's Doughnuts 1 East 118 Street, Manhattan | 28 | $32,800 |
+ 45 more on the full list — the 50 most-fined restaurants →