Joyce's Tavern

• gradeGrade B ⏳
• grade postedJanuary 26, 2023
• inspection score27 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedFebruary 10, 2025 →
• address3823 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island 10312
• cuisineIrish
• phone7189480220

Is Joyce's Tavern clean?

Joyce's Tavern currently carries Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on January 26, 2023 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on February 10, 2025 scoring 27 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 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads mid 😬; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Joyce's Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🧽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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Joyce's Tavern last inspected?

Joyce's Tavern has 3 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2022, averaging 20 points.

Joyce's Tavern vs Great Kills

Great Kills runs 83% clean across 95 tracked restaurants — 73 clean, 6 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 95 spots Cooked tracks in Great Kills, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 February 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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