COAL YARD CAFE
143 MAPLE AVENUE, ITHACA, NY 14850
Last inspected Aug 13, 2026
Official source: New York State Department of Health (health.ny.gov) · All data sources
Passed. Met health requirements at the latest inspection. Some health departments report pass/fail instead of letter grades.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 25 inspections on record for COAL YARD CAFE, spanning April 2014 to August 2026 — every one straight from New York State Department of Health.
It has held passed across its last two inspections.
No violations were recorded at the most recent inspection.
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Inspection history
Aug 13, 2026
✓Jun 11, 2025
✓Mar 19, 2025
✕2 violations
- Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate refrigerated or heated storage temperatures
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or below 45�F during cold holding, except smoked fish not kept at or below 38�F during cold holding.
May 8, 2024
✓Apr 3, 2024
✕2 violations
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or above 140�F during hot holding.
- Improper thawing procedures used
Apr 19, 2023
✓Mar 21, 2023
✕1 violation
- Critical: Cooked or prepared foods are subject to cross-contamination from raw foods.
May 12, 2022
✓1 violation
- Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked)
Apr 21, 2022
✕1 violation
- Critical: Enough refrigerated storage equipment is not present, properly designed, maintained or operated so that all potentially hazardous foods are cooled properly and stored below 45�F as required.
Jul 21, 2021
✓Jun 1, 2021
✕1 violation
- Critical: Food workers do not use proper utensils to eliminate bare hand contact with cooked or prepared foods.
Feb 4, 2021
✓Jan 7, 2021
✕2 violations
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or below 45�F during cold holding, except smoked fish not kept at or below 38�F during cold holding.
- Miscellaneous, Economic Violation, Choking Poster, Training.
Sep 8, 2020
✓Feb 6, 2020
✓Jun 10, 2019
✓1 violation
- Wiping cloths dirty, not stored properly in sanitizing solutions
Apr 12, 2019
✕5 violations
- Critical: Food workers do not use proper utensils to eliminate bare hand contact with cooked or prepared foods.
- Handwashing facilities inaccessible, improperly located, dirty, in disrepair, improper fixtures, soap, and single service towels or hand drying devices missing
- Effective measures not used to control entrance (rodent-, insect-proof contruction). Harborage areas available for rodents, insects and other vermin
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or below 45�F during cold holding, except smoked fish not kept at or below 38�F during cold holding.
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not stored under refrigeration except during necessary preparation or approved precooling procedures (room temperature storage).
Feb 26, 2018
✓Feb 5, 2018
✕2 violations
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not stored under refrigeration except during necessary preparation or approved precooling procedures (room temperature storage).
- Critical: Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate potentially hazardous food temperatures during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding.
Mar 21, 2017
✓Feb 22, 2017
✕1 violation
- Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or below 45�F during cold holding, except smoked fish not kept at or below 38�F during cold holding.
Apr 25, 2016
✓2 violations
- Tobacco is used; eating, drinking in food preparation, dishwashing food storage areas
- Effective measures not used to control entrance (rodent-, insect-proof contruction). Harborage areas available for rodents, insects and other vermin
Jan 27, 2015
✓May 19, 2014
✓Apr 23, 2014
✕2 violations
- Critical: Enough refrigerated storage equipment is not present, properly designed, maintained or operated so that all potentially hazardous foods are cooled properly and stored below 45�F as required.
- Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate refrigerated or heated storage temperatures
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