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Cafe Select
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 18, 2025
- address212 Lafayette Street, Manhattan 10012
- cuisineEastern European
- phone2129259322
Is Cafe Select clean?
Cafe Select is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 18, 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 Cafe Select?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was Cafe Select last inspected?
Cafe Select has 6 inspections on record going back to September 14, 2022, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| November 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| February 27, 2023 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| February 16, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| September 22, 2022 | Grade C | 12 pts |
| September 14, 2022 | closed by the city | 0 pts |
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Against the 824 spots Cooked tracks in SoHo-TriBeCa-Civic Center-Little Italy, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 August 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.