Avoca

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• grade postedApril 2, 2025
• inspection score28 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 18, 2026 →
• address1678 1 Avenue, Manhattan 10128
• cuisineAmerican
• phone6462289990

Is Avoca clean?

Avoca currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on April 2, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on March 18, 2026 scoring 28 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Avoca?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• ⚠️Nuisance created or allowed to exist. Facility not free from unsafe, hazardous, offensive or annoying condition.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.

When was Avoca last inspected?

Avoca has 3 inspections on record going back to April 11, 2024, averaging 27 points.

Avoca vs Yorkville

Yorkville runs 82% clean across 241 tracked restaurants — 185 clean, 17 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 241 spots Cooked tracks in Yorkville, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 March 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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