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Yaya Tea Gramercy
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 19, 2025
- address284 3 Avenue, Manhattan 10010
- cuisineJapanese
- phone9172614676
Is Yaya Tea Gramercy clean?
Yaya Tea Gramercy is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 19, 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 Yaya Tea Gramercy?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Yaya Tea Gramercy last inspected?
Yaya Tea Gramercy has 3 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2024, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 19, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| August 27, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 41 pts |
| May 3, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
Yaya Tea Gramercy vs Gramercy
Gramercy runs 81% clean across 263 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 263 spots Cooked tracks in Gramercy, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 September 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.