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Cafe Paradiso
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2026
- address144 West 65 Street, Manhattan 10023
- cuisineItalian
- phone9176979767
Is Cafe Paradiso clean?
Cafe Paradiso is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 25, 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 Paradiso?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Cafe Paradiso last inspected?
Cafe Paradiso has 6 inspections on record going back to July 31, 2023, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 25, 2026 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| January 30, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| July 22, 2025 | Grade A | 2 pts |
| June 26, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 44 pts |
| October 4, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| July 31, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
Cafe Paradiso vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 87% clean across 217 tracked restaurants — 169 clean, 6 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 217 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, this one comes out cleaner than 74% 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 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.