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Grade AEastern European

Cafe Select

212 LAFAYETTE STREET, Manhattan, 10012

Should you eat here?

Caution — pest-related violations found across multiple inspections, including the latest (11 months ago).

Last inspected Aug 18, 2025 · New York City health department

What the inspector found on Aug 18, 2025

  • Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.

    Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

  • Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.

    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.

    Critical

  • A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.

    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.

Inspection history

DateResultTypeViolations
Aug 18, 2025Grade ACycle Inspection / Re-inspection3 (1 critical)
Nov 12, 2024Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection5 (2 critical)
Feb 27, 2023Grade ACycle Inspection / Re-inspection2 (1 critical)
Feb 16, 2023Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection4 (2 critical)
Sep 22, 2022Grade CCycle Inspection / Reopening Inspection3 (2 critical)
Sep 14, 2022Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Re-inspection11 (8 critical)

Problems that keep coming back

Issues cited at more than one inspection — a better signal than any single visit.

  • 5×A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.
  • 4×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
  • 4×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
  • 3×Food was not kept hot or cold enough. Wrong temperatures let bacteria grow.
  • 2×A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.
  • 2×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.
  • 2×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.
  • 2×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.

Around this address

City records for the building itself, not this restaurant’s inspection.

  • 19 rodent inspections on record, 1 finding rat activity.
  • 4 recent 311 complaints filed at this address.

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