Levain Bakery

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 28, 2025 →
• address351 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10024
• cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
• phone9174643782

Is Levain Bakery clean?

Levain Bakery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 28, 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 Levain Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽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.
• ⚠️Required succinct nutritional statements not posted on menu(s) for adults and children (2,000 calories per day for adults)
• ⚠️Caloric content not posted on menus, menu boards or food tags, in a food service establishment that is 1 of 15 or more outlets operating the same type of business nationally under common ownership or control, or as a franchise or doing business under the same name, for each menu item that is served in portions, the size and content of which are standardized.
• ⚠️Additional nutritional information statement not posted, or additional nutritional information not provided
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.

When was Levain Bakery last inspected?

Levain Bakery has 3 inspections on record going back to December 16, 2022, averaging 12 points.

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Against the 426 spots Cooked tracks in Upper West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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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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 October 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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