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Lava House Crepes & Cafe
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score26 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 5, 2026
- address459 West 238 Street, Bronx 10463
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone9176426276
Is Lava House Crepes & Cafe clean?
Lava House Crepes & Cafe is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 5, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Lava House Crepes & Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
When was Lava House Crepes & Cafe last inspected?
Lava House Crepes & Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to September 23, 2024, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| March 27, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 34 pts |
| November 29, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 23, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 38 pts |
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North Riverdale-Fieldston-Riverdale runs 82% clean across 48 tracked restaurants — 37 clean, 4 mid, 4 cooked.
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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 May 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.