Birch Coffee

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedDecember 16, 2025
• address134 1/2 East 62 Street, Manhattan 10065
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone9178416564

Is Birch Coffee clean?

Birch Coffee is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 16, 2025. 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 Birch Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Birch Coffee last inspected?

Birch Coffee has 3 inspections on record going back to April 10, 2023, averaging 10 points.

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 December 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.