Joe's Pub / The Library At The Public

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 12, 2025 →
• address425 Lafayette Street, Manhattan 10003
• cuisineNew American
• phone2125398778

Is Joe's Pub / The Library At The Public clean?

Joe's Pub / The Library At The Public is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 12, 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 Joe's Pub / The Library At The Public?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🍽️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.
• ⚠️Nuisance created or allowed to exist. Facility not free from unsafe, hazardous, offensive or annoying condition.

When was Joe's Pub / The Library At The Public last inspected?

Joe's Pub / The Library At The Public has 4 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2023, averaging 17 points.

Joe's Pub / The Library At The Public vs West Village

West Village runs 81% clean across 1,028 tracked restaurants — 727 clean, 49 mid, 122 cooked.

Against the 1,028 spots Cooked tracks in West Village, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 November 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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