Macaron Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 20, 2025
• address488 7 Avenue, Manhattan 10018
• cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
• phone6465735048

Is Macaron Cafe clean?

Macaron Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Macaron Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• ⚠️Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)
  Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)
• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
• ⚠️Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availability
  Failure to display required signage about plastic straw availability
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.

When was Macaron Cafe last inspected?

Macaron Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to December 20, 2025, averaging 13 points.

Macaron Cafe vs Midtown-Midtown South

Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.

Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 December 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.