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Buttercup Bake Shop
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 17, 2025
- address167 Madison Avenue, Manhattan 10016
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone8442253369
Is Buttercup Bake Shop clean?
Buttercup Bake Shop is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Buttercup Bake Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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 Buttercup Bake Shop last inspected?
Buttercup Bake Shop has 8 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2022, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 14, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| April 17, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| February 13, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| January 16, 2025 | closed by the city | 58 pts |
| October 31, 2023 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| January 12, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| July 18, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| June 21, 2022 | closed by the city | 56 pts |
Buttercup Bake Shop 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 37% 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 April 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.