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Tea Magic

health inspection grade · Morningside Heights · Manhattan
😬mid
  • gradeGrade B
  • inspection score25 pts
  • critical violations4
  • last inspectedAugust 12, 2025 →
  • address2878 Broadway, Manhattan 10025
  • cuisineCoffee/Tea
  • phone9176621174
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Is Tea Magic clean?

Tea Magic is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 12, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Tea Magic?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

  • 🪰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.
  • 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
    Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
  • 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
    Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
  • 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
    Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
  • 🚿plumbing acting up
    Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
  • 🍽️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.

When was Tea Magic last inspected?

Tea Magic has 5 inspections on record going back to March 27, 2023, averaging 23 points.

August 24, 2026 No violations were recorded at the time of this inspection. Administrative Miscellaneous / Initial Inspection · 0 failed findings

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August 12, 2025 B Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection · 25 pts · 6 failed findings

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January 14, 2025 Score 21 Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection · 21 pts · 6 failed findings

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November 14, 2023 B Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection · 25 pts · 5 failed findings

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March 27, 2023 Score 19 Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection · 19 pts · 4 failed findings

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Tea Magic vs Morningside Heights

Morningside Heights runs 77% clean across 198 tracked restaurants — 133 clean, 13 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 198 spots Cooked tracks in Morningside Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 August 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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