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 coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧤food-handling slipcritical
  Tobacco 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.

Ruby's Cafe vs Murray Hill-Kips Bay

Murray Hill-Kips Bay runs 79% clean across 379 tracked restaurants — 274 clean, 23 mid, 48 cooked.

Against the 379 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.

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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 April 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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