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 sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, 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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

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.

Lava House Crepes & Cafe vs North Riverdale-Fieldston-Riverdale

North Riverdale-Fieldston-Riverdale runs 80% clean across 48 tracked restaurants — 36 clean, 4 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 48 spots Cooked tracks in North Riverdale-Fieldston-Riverdale, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.

Other spots in North Riverdale-Fieldston-Riverdale

• A Mu Lockes Loft (Thomas Hall)
  clean · April 24, 2026
• A Mu Cafe 1853 (Thomas Hall)
  clean · January 29, 2025
• A Kelly Commons/ Kelly Retail
  clean · September 4, 2026
• ⏳ Lady Sandia
  cooked · October 15, 2024
• A Guerrero's Juice Bar
  clean · May 4, 2026
• A D Kitchen
  clean · June 29, 2026

See every restaurant inspection in North Riverdale-Fieldston-Riverdale →

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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 May 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

check your own block 📸

Cooked covers 10 cities on official inspection data — see who's clean, mid, or cooked near you.