Cloister Cafe

• official resultA
• gradeGrade A
• score9 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Official wording: Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
  code 06DCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Official wording: Thawing procedures improper.
  code 09Bstatus: Not Critical
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food contact surface not properly maintained.
  code 09Cstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on January 24, 2017: Score changed by +7 points. 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.