Hood Cleaning on the Upper East Side

The Upper East Side has a diverse commercial kitchen landscape — from Lexington Avenue restaurants and Madison Avenue dining to hospital cafeterias, private club kitchens, and school food service operations. Empire Hoods serves them all.

The UES is unique in Manhattan for its high concentration of institutional kitchens. Hospitals like Lenox Hill and NewYork-Presbyterian serve thousands of meals daily from commercial kitchens that must meet both FDNY fire code and Department of Health sanitation standards simultaneously. Private clubs along Park and Fifth Avenues operate kitchens that serve members multiple meals daily, plus catered events. These operations need a hood cleaning provider who understands institutional scheduling and compliance documentation requirements.

Along 2nd and 3rd Avenues, the restaurant scene is more casual but no less demanding — sushi bars, Italian trattorias, Thai restaurants, and classic neighborhood diners that have been operating for decades. Many of these kitchens are in older buildings with aging exhaust systems that need more frequent attention. Empire Hoods provides maintenance recommendations based on the actual condition of your system, not just a generic schedule.