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About Coffee
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 30, 2026
- address445 Columbus Avenue, Manhattan 10024
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone6468526812
Is About Coffee clean?
About Coffee is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 30, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at About Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was About Coffee last inspected?
About Coffee has 5 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2023, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| February 18, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| April 21, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| December 2, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| May 12, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
About Coffee vs Upper West Side
Upper West Side runs 81% clean across 416 tracked restaurants — 315 clean, 20 mid, 56 cooked.
Against the 416 spots Cooked tracks in Upper West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 41% of them.
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How New York grades restaurants
New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.
Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.