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Yankee Tavern
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 31, 2025
- address72 East 161 Street, Bronx 10451
- cuisineAmerican
- phone7182926130
Is Yankee Tavern clean?
Yankee Tavern is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 31, 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 Yankee Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
- 🤒sick worker near the foodcriticalFood 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.
When was Yankee Tavern last inspected?
Yankee Tavern has 4 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2023, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 2, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| February 12, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 23, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
Yankee Tavern vs West Concourse
West Concourse runs 86% clean across 154 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 6 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 154 spots Cooked tracks in West Concourse, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.
Other spots in West Concourse
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 July 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.