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Sidewalk Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 10, 2025
- address160 Columbus Avenue, Manhattan 10023
- cuisineAmerican
- phone2128770110
Is Sidewalk Cafe clean?
Sidewalk Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 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 Sidewalk Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothscriticalWiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Sidewalk Cafe last inspected?
Sidewalk Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to February 10, 2023, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 10, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 12, 2024 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| March 30, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| February 10, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 10 pts |
Sidewalk Cafe vs Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square runs 87% clean across 217 tracked restaurants — 169 clean, 6 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 217 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Square, 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 October 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.