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Ruby's Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 10, 2025
- address442 3 Avenue, Manhattan 10016
- cuisineAustralian
- phone9177058363
Is Ruby's Cafe clean?
Ruby's Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 10, 2025. 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 Ruby's Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
When was Ruby's Cafe last inspected?
Ruby's Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2022, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 10, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| February 18, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| December 5, 2023 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| August 22, 2022 | Grade A | 9 pts |
Ruby's Cafe vs Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Murray Hill-Kips Bay runs 79% clean across 372 tracked restaurants — 271 clean, 23 mid, 48 cooked.
Against the 372 spots Cooked tracks in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 April 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.