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Cafe Italia
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedFebruary 25, 2026
- address500 Tiffany Street, Bronx 10474
- cuisineAmerican
- phone6463269874
Is Cafe Italia clean?
Cafe Italia is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 25, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cafe Italia?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 25, 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.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Cafe Italia last inspected?
Cafe Italia has 4 inspections on record going back to April 9, 2024, averaging 19 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 25, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| January 31, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| August 19, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| April 9, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
Cafe Italia vs Hunts Point
Hunts Point runs 82% clean across 74 tracked restaurants — 58 clean, 1 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 74 spots Cooked tracks in Hunts Point, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.
Other spots in Hunts Point
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 February 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.