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Five Flies Coffee
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 1, 2025
- address554 West 158 Street, Manhattan 10032
- cuisineAmerican
- phone9173659499
Is Five Flies Coffee clean?
Five Flies Coffee is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 1, 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 Five Flies Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 1, 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.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Five Flies Coffee last inspected?
Five Flies Coffee has 8 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2023, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| October 15, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| April 30, 2025 | Grade B | 15 pts |
| March 11, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| October 24, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| October 21, 2024 | closed by the city | 69 pts |
| September 14, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| August 23, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 45 pts |
Five Flies Coffee 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 30% 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 December 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.