Ost Cafe

• official resultA
• gradeGrade A
• score10 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings2
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🧤food-handling slipcritical
  Official wording: Tobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
  code 06BCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Official wording: Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
  code 06DCriticalstatus: Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on April 3, 2023: Score changed by -1 points. 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.