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Miss Lily's 7A Cafe
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 16, 2025
- address109 Avenue A, Manhattan 10009
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone8623368251
Is Miss Lily's 7A Cafe clean?
Miss Lily's 7A Cafe is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 16, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. 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 Miss Lily's 7A Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
When was Miss Lily's 7A Cafe last inspected?
Miss Lily's 7A Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2023, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| December 16, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| April 16, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| April 3, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
Miss Lily's 7A Cafe vs East Village
East Village runs 77% clean across 732 tracked restaurants — 477 clean, 41 mid, 105 cooked.
Against the 732 spots Cooked tracks in East Village, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.