The Paris Cafe

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score24 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMay 16, 2026
• address119 South Street, Manhattan 10038
• cuisineNew French
• phone6463867038

Is The Paris Cafe clean?

New York currently lists The Paris Cafe as grade pending, following an inspection on May 16, 2026 that scored 24 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at The Paris Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️food-temperature slipcritical
  Meat, fish, molluscan shellfish, unpasteurized raw shell eggs, poultry or other TCS offered or served raw or undercooked and written notice not provided to consumer.
• 🤒sick worker near the foodcritical
  Food worker/food vendor does not use utensil or other barrier to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment.
• 🚿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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🕳️conditions that attract pests
  Garbage receptacle not pest or water resistant, with tight-fitting lids, and covered except while in active use. Garbage receptacle and cover not cleaned after emptying and prior to reuse. Garbage, refuse and other solid and liquid waste not collected, stored, removed and disposed of so as to prevent a nuisance.

When was The Paris Cafe last inspected?

The Paris Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to May 16, 2026, averaging 24 points.

The Paris Cafe vs Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan

Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan runs 87% clean across 612 tracked restaurants — 442 clean, 17 mid, 48 cooked.

Against the 612 spots Cooked tracks in Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 May 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.