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Viva La Crepes & Café
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 22, 2025
- address958 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan 10021
- cuisineFrench
- phone6467251885
Is Viva La Crepes & Café clean?
Viva La Crepes & Café is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Viva La Crepes & Café?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🗑️garbage situation out of pocketPesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Viva La Crepes & Café last inspected?
Viva La Crepes & Café has 3 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2024, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 22, 2025 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| July 22, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| May 1, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 42 pts |
Viva La Crepes & Café vs Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill
Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill runs 83% clean across 354 tracked restaurants — 266 clean, 21 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 354 spots Cooked tracks in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 75% 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 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.