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Claires Kitchen Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 11, 2025
- address19 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan 10026
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone2123003851
Is Claires Kitchen Cafe clean?
Claires Kitchen Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 11, 2025. 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 Claires Kitchen Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Claires Kitchen Cafe last inspected?
Claires Kitchen Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2023, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 11, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 26, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| February 6, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| June 16, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 18, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 41 pts |
Claires Kitchen Cafe vs Central Harlem South
Central Harlem South runs 76% clean across 110 tracked restaurants — 79 clean, 9 mid, 16 cooked.
Against the 110 spots Cooked tracks in Central Harlem South, this one comes out cleaner than 28% of them.
Other spots in Central Harlem South
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 April 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.