Yellow Banana Deli

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score25 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 26, 2024 →
• address1658 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10031
• cuisineAmerican
• phone6466967788

Is Yellow Banana Deli clean?

Yellow Banana Deli is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 26, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Yellow Banana Deli?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🚿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.

When was Yellow Banana Deli last inspected?

Yellow Banana Deli has 6 inspections on record going back to September 30, 2022, averaging 25 points.

Yellow Banana Deli vs Hamilton Heights

Hamilton Heights runs 68% clean across 130 tracked restaurants — 83 clean, 11 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 130 spots Cooked tracks in Hamilton Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 August 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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