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Yum Cha Chinese Kitchen & Bar
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score22 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedFebruary 19, 2025
- address228 Thompson Street, Manhattan 10012
- cuisineChinese
- phone2127630877
Is Yum Cha Chinese Kitchen & Bar clean?
Yum Cha Chinese Kitchen & Bar is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 19, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Yum Cha Chinese Kitchen & Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not postedCurrent letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-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.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Yum Cha Chinese Kitchen & Bar last inspected?
Yum Cha Chinese Kitchen & Bar has 8 inspections on record going back to June 1, 2022, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2025 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| November 6, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
| June 9, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 14 pts |
| June 6, 2023 | closed by the city | 29 pts |
| June 5, 2023 | closed by the city | 20 pts |
| June 1, 2023 | closed by the city | 55 pts |
| June 6, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 9 pts |
| June 1, 2022 | closed by the city | 56 pts |
Yum Cha Chinese Kitchen & Bar vs West Village
West Village runs 81% clean across 1,012 tracked restaurants — 722 clean, 48 mid, 117 cooked.
Against the 1,012 spots Cooked tracks in West Village, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 February 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.