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Cafe Chrystie
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 5, 2026
- address184 East 7 Street, Manhattan 10009
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone6466451587
Is Cafe Chrystie clean?
Cafe Chrystie is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 5, 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 Cafe Chrystie?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueMechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
When was Cafe Chrystie last inspected?
Cafe Chrystie has 3 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2023, averaging 7 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2026 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| October 31, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| August 22, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 9 pts |
Cafe Chrystie vs Lower East Side
Lower East Side runs 75% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 10 mid, 30 cooked.
Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Lower East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 77% 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 March 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.