Caffe Buon Gusto

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 2, 2025
• address236 East 77 Street, Manhattan 10075
• cuisineItalian
• phone2125356884

Is Caffe Buon Gusto clean?

Caffe Buon Gusto is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 2, 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 Caffe Buon Gusto?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Food service operation occurring in room or area used as living or sleeping quarters.

When was Caffe Buon Gusto last inspected?

Caffe Buon Gusto has 3 inspections on record going back to October 12, 2023, averaging 26 points.

Caffe Buon Gusto vs Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island

Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island runs 80% clean across 316 tracked restaurants — 229 clean, 16 mid, 43 cooked.

Against the 316 spots Cooked tracks in Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 June 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.