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Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 5, 2026
- address137 East Houston Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineJewish/Kosher
- phone2124772858
Is Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery clean?
Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 5, 2026. 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 Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup offSingle service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery last inspected?
Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery has 5 inspections on record going back to January 3, 2024, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2026 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| October 14, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| October 10, 2025 | closed by the city | 20 pts |
| September 18, 2025 | closed by the city | 61 pts |
| January 3, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 March 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.