Proof Coffee Roasters

• last posted gradeGrade A · April 17, 2025
• inspection score120 pts
• critical violations7
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2026 →
• address2286 7 Avenue, Manhattan 10030
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone3142300768

Is Proof Coffee Roasters clean?

Proof Coffee Roasters is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on August 28, 2026. That inspection scored 120 points and cited 7 critical violations. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected. The last grade the city posted here was A on April 17, 2025, before the closure.

What did inspectors find at Proof Coffee Roasters?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  Sewage disposal system is not provided, improper, inadequate or unapproved.
• 🕳️conditions that attract pests
  Garbage receptacle not pest or water resistant, with tight-fitting lids, and covered except while in active use. Garbage receptacle and cover not cleaned after emptying and prior to reuse. Garbage, refuse and other solid and liquid waste not collected, stored, removed and disposed of so as to prevent a nuisance.
• 🐛pest / contamination issuecritical
  Food preparation area, food storage area, or other area used by employees or patrons, contaminated by sewage or liquid waste.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🍽️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.
• 🐈random live animals insidecritical
  Live animal other than fish in tank or service animal present in facility’s food or non-food area.

When was Proof Coffee Roasters last inspected?

Proof Coffee Roasters has 9 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2022, averaging 38 points.

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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 August 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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