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Romeo & Juliet Coffee House
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026
- address555 West 42 Street, Manhattan 10036
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone6467073789
Is Romeo & Juliet Coffee House clean?
Romeo & Juliet Coffee House is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 7, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Romeo & Juliet Coffee House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
When was Romeo & Juliet Coffee House last inspected?
Romeo & Juliet Coffee House has 6 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2023, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2026 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| October 29, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| July 29, 2025 | — | |
| September 9, 2024 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| July 16, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
| April 6, 2023 | Grade A | 7 pts |
Romeo & Juliet Coffee House vs Clinton
Clinton runs 76% clean across 596 tracked restaurants — 410 clean, 33 mid, 100 cooked.
Against the 596 spots Cooked tracks in Clinton, 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.
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 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.