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Moe's Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 20, 2026
- address209 East 23 Street, Manhattan 10010
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2125922167
Is Moe's Cafe clean?
Moe's Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 20, 2026. 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 Moe's Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 20, 2026, 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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup offSingle 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.
When was Moe's Cafe last inspected?
Moe's Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to March 17, 2023, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 20, 2025 | Grade A | 4 pts |
| December 4, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| November 8, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| March 17, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
Moe's Cafe vs Gramercy
Gramercy runs 81% clean across 263 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 263 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 29% of them.
Other spots in Gramercy
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 July 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.