GrubVetter Blog
Restaurant Closures: See Which Restaurants Were Recently Shut Down by Health Inspectors
October 18, 2026
When a restaurant is closed by the health department, the information is usually public, but finding out about it can be surprisingly difficult. Recently Closed surfaces health-department shutdowns in the cities we cover, updated daily with full inspection histories.
The Origins of GrubVetter
July 23, 2026
It began at NYC BigApps in 2010 as a Yelp bookmarklet, grew into a full website, and went inactive in 2016 when the city changed how it published the data. Sixteen years later I rebuilt it from scratch, across eight cities.
Welcome to GrubVetter
May 9, 2026
Restaurant health inspection grades from official city sources, in one searchable place. Here's what we built and why.