Blue Bottle Coffee

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score3 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 1, 2025
• address10 East 53 Street, Manhattan 10022
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone5103503600

Is Blue Bottle Coffee clean?

Blue Bottle Coffee is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Blue Bottle Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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 Blue Bottle Coffee last inspected?

Blue Bottle Coffee has 2 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2024, averaging 8 points.

Blue Bottle Coffee vs Midtown-Midtown South

Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.

Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 90% 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 December 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.