Ground Central

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedSeptember 5, 2025
• inspection score18 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 16, 2026 →
• address498 7 Avenue, Manhattan 10018
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone9293714423

Is Ground Central clean?

Ground Central currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on September 5, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on October 16, 2026 scoring 18 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 2 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 Ground Central?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.

When was Ground Central last inspected?

Ground Central has 5 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2022, averaging 18 points.

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

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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 October 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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