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Claire's Kitchen Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 12, 2025
- address1374 York Avenue, Manhattan 10021
- cuisineAmerican
- phone3159513322
Is Claire's Kitchen Cafe clean?
Claire's Kitchen Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 12, 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 Claire's Kitchen Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🛠️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.
When was Claire's Kitchen Cafe last inspected?
Claire's Kitchen Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to February 8, 2024, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 5, 2025 | Grade C | 33 pts |
| July 28, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| February 8, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Claire's Kitchen Cafe 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 43% 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 November 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.