Cooked?Blank Street Coffee
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 7, 2026 →
- address298 5 Avenue, Manhattan 10001
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone9173618340
Is Blank Street Coffee clean?
Blank Street Coffee is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 7, 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 Blank Street Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐈random live animals insidecriticalLive animal other than fish in tank or service animal present in facility’s food or non-food area.
When was Blank Street Coffee last inspected?
Blank Street Coffee has 4 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2023, averaging 9 points.
April 7, 2026 A
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View full inspection →January 6, 2026 Score 20
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View full inspection →December 13, 2024 A
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View full inspection →August 23, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Blank Street Coffee vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 83% clean across 2,302 tracked restaurants — 1,604 clean, 93 mid, 234 cooked.
Against the 2,302 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 82% 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 April 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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