Poetica Coffee

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score9 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 29, 2026 →
• address36 Saint Marks Place, Manhattan 10003
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone9177975131

Is Poetica Coffee clean?

Poetica Coffee is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 29, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Poetica Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Poetica Coffee last inspected?

Poetica Coffee has 4 inspections on record going back to September 5, 2024, averaging 15 points.

Poetica Coffee vs East Village

East Village runs 75% clean across 742 tracked restaurants — 476 clean, 43 mid, 114 cooked.

Against the 742 spots Cooked tracks in East Village, this one comes out cleaner than 77% 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 July 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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