Hekate's Cafe & Elixir Lounge

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score8 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 24, 2025
• address167 Avenue B, Manhattan 10009
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone6463091309

Is Hekate's Cafe & Elixir Lounge clean?

Hekate's Cafe & Elixir Lounge is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hekate's Cafe & Elixir Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️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.
• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.

When was Hekate's Cafe & Elixir Lounge last inspected?

Hekate's Cafe & Elixir Lounge has 1 inspection on record going back to March 24, 2025, averaging 8 points.

Hekate's Cafe & Elixir Lounge vs Lower East Side

Lower East Side runs 75% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 10 mid, 30 cooked.

Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Lower East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 73% 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 March 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.