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D'maritza's Cake Shop
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 20, 2025
- address2153 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10032
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone2127955841
Is D'maritza's Cake Shop clean?
D'maritza's Cake Shop is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 20, 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 D'maritza's Cake Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
When was D'maritza's Cake Shop last inspected?
D'maritza's Cake Shop has 3 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2023, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| February 23, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| April 19, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
D'maritza's Cake Shop vs Washington Heights South
Washington Heights South runs 75% clean across 208 tracked restaurants — 137 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 208 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights South, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.