Piccolo Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 24, 2020 →
• address313 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10023
• cuisineItalian
• phone2128730962

Is Piccolo Cafe clean?

Piccolo Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 24, 2020. 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 Piccolo Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 24, 2020, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

When was Piccolo Cafe last inspected?

Piccolo Cafe has 10 inspections on record going back to July 26, 2017, averaging 21 points.

Piccolo Cafe vs Upper West Side

Upper West Side runs 80% clean across 426 tracked restaurants — 313 clean, 20 mid, 60 cooked.

Against the 426 spots Cooked tracks in Upper West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 January 24, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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