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CAFE HONG KONG
51 BAYARD STREET, Manhattan, NY 10013
Last inspected Dec 1, 2025
Excellent. Top marks — the latest inspection found no serious issues, or few enough to earn the health department's best band.
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Inspection history
Dec 1, 2025
A3 violations
- Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
- Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- Critical:Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
Oct 15, 2025
✕5 violations
- Critical:Food, 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.
- Critical:Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- Critical:Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- Thawing procedure improper.
- Critical:Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
Jan 27, 2025
B3 violations
- Critical:Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
- Critical:No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
Oct 8, 2024
✓Jul 16, 2024
✕4 violations
- Critical:Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- Critical:Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- Critical:Shellfish not from approved source, not or improperly tagged/labeled; tags not retained for 90 days.
- Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Feb 9, 2023
C7 violations
- Critical:Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
- Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- Critical:Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- Critical:Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- Critical:Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Jan 31, 2023
✕7 violations
- Critical:Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- Critical:Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- Critical:Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
- Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
- Critical:Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
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