Cooked?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.
- 🤒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.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
When was Yankee Tavern last inspected?
Yankee Tavern has 4 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2023, averaging 20 points.
July 31, 2025 A
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View full inspection →June 2, 2025 Score 29
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View full inspection →February 12, 2024 A
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View full inspection →March 23, 2023 Score 27
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View full inspection →Yankee Tavern vs West Concourse
West Concourse runs 86% clean across 156 tracked restaurants — 126 clean, 6 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 156 spots Cooked tracks in West Concourse, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 July 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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