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Mabu Cafe Nyc
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations5
- last inspectedNovember 12, 2024
- address18 Doyers Street, Manhattan 10013
- cuisineChinese
- phone7186379338
Is Mabu Cafe Nyc clean?
Mabu Cafe Nyc is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 12, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Mabu Cafe Nyc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold 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.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was Mabu Cafe Nyc last inspected?
Mabu Cafe Nyc has 5 inspections on record going back to August 1, 2023, averaging 34 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 4, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
| November 12, 2024 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| October 31, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 62 pts |
| August 15, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| August 1, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 42 pts |
Mabu Cafe Nyc vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.
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, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.