Newsbar Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 18, 2026 →
• address107 University Place, Manhattan 10003
• cuisineSoups/Salads/Sandwiches
• phone2123531246

Is Newsbar Cafe clean?

Newsbar Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 18, 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 Newsbar Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🛠️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.
• 🍽️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 Newsbar Cafe last inspected?

Newsbar Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to June 8, 2022, averaging 13 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Newsbar Cafe vs West Village

West Village runs 80% clean across 1,044 tracked restaurants — 731 clean, 49 mid, 132 cooked.

Against the 1,044 spots Cooked tracks in West Village, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 September 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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