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North Star Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 8, 2025
- address387 East Fordham Road, Bronx 10458
- cuisineAmerican
- phone9173780142
Is North Star Cafe clean?
North Star Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 8, 2025. 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 North Star Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was North Star Cafe last inspected?
North Star Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to May 8, 2025, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
North Star Cafe vs Belmont
Belmont runs 84% clean across 143 tracked restaurants — 107 clean, 8 mid, 12 cooked.
Against the 143 spots Cooked tracks in Belmont, this one comes out cleaner than 16% 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 May 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.