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Teado Tea Shop
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 3, 2024
- address145D Hester Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone2122267687
Is Teado Tea Shop clean?
Teado Tea Shop is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 3, 2024. 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 Teado Tea Shop?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 3, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
When was Teado Tea Shop last inspected?
Teado Tea Shop has 5 inspections on record going back to June 23, 2022, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 3, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 18 pts |
| September 5, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 30, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| June 23, 2022 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Teado Tea Shop vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 62% 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 December 3, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.