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Mellow Yellow Coffee & Vibes
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 11, 2025
- address1729 1 Avenue, Manhattan 10128
- cuisineJewish/Kosher
- phone2127227220
Is Mellow Yellow Coffee & Vibes clean?
Mellow Yellow Coffee & Vibes is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 11, 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 Mellow Yellow Coffee & Vibes?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Mellow Yellow Coffee & Vibes last inspected?
Mellow Yellow Coffee & Vibes has 5 inspections on record going back to January 12, 2023, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 11, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| July 24, 2024 | Grade A | 2 pts |
| March 9, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| January 27, 2023 | closed by the city | 43 pts |
| January 12, 2023 | Grade C | 30 pts |
Mellow Yellow Coffee & Vibes vs Yorkville
Yorkville runs 83% clean across 240 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 12 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 240 spots Cooked tracks in Yorkville, this one comes out cleaner than 65% 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 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.