Au Bon Pain

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 24, 2026 →
• address1276 Fulton Avenue, Bronx 10456
• cuisineSandwiches
• phone9177741787

Is Au Bon Pain clean?

Au Bon Pain is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 24, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Au Bon Pain?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.

When was Au Bon Pain last inspected?

Au Bon Pain has 3 inspections on record going back to February 12, 2025, averaging 14 points.

Au Bon Pain vs Morrisania-Melrose

Morrisania-Melrose runs 80% clean across 49 tracked restaurants — 36 clean, 2 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 49 spots Cooked tracks in Morrisania-Melrose, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 July 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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