Duaa's Cafe

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedSeptember 3, 2025
• inspection score29 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedSeptember 21, 2026 →
• address500 West 162 Street, Manhattan 10032
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone91756477__

Is Duaa's Cafe clean?

Duaa's Cafe currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on September 3, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on September 21, 2026 scoring 29 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Duaa's Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.

When was Duaa's Cafe last inspected?

Duaa's Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to February 14, 2023, averaging 16 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Duaa's Cafe vs Washington Heights South

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Against the 213 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights South, this one comes out cleaner than 91% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 September 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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