← New York City
CARIBBEAN STARR
280 LENOX AVENUE, Manhattan, NY 10027
Last inspected Jul 30, 2026
Failed. Did not meet health requirements at the latest inspection. Many failures are fixed and re-inspected within days — check the inspection date.
This source doesn’t issue a letter grade, so CleanPlate derived the status from the reported violation data.
✕
derivedOrder for delivery
Inspection history
Jul 30, 2026
✕7 violations
- Critical:Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- Critical:Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 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.
- Critical:Juice packaged on premises with no or incomplete label, no warning statement
- 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:Sewage disposal system is not provided, improper, inadequate or unapproved.
Jul 14, 2025
A3 violations
- Critical: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.
- 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.
- Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Jun 3, 2025
✕8 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:Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
- Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 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:Food preparation area, food storage area, or other area used by employees or patrons, contaminated by sewage or liquid waste.
- 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.
- Critical:Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- Critical:Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
May 17, 2024
A3 violations
- 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.
- Critical: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.
- Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Dec 5, 2023
✕3 violations
- Critical:Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 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:Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
More in New York City
Source: NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. Data shown unmodified from the official record. See something wrong? Report a data issue.
