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Bocado Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 27, 2025
- address1297 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan 10128
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2122899004
Is Bocado Cafe clean?
Bocado Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 27, 2025. 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 Bocado Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalFood worker/food vendor does not wash hands thoroughly after using the toilet, or after coughing, sneezing, smoking, eating, preparing raw foods or otherwise contaminating hands or does not change gloves when required; Worker fails to refrain from smoking or being fully clothed in clean outer garments.
When was Bocado Cafe last inspected?
Bocado Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2022, averaging 6 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| November 20, 2023 | Grade A | 4 pts |
| August 15, 2022 | Grade A | 5 pts |
Bocado Cafe vs Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill runs 83% clean across 354 tracked restaurants — 266 clean, 21 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 354 spots Cooked tracks in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 56% 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 June 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.