Cafe Dewitt

215 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

Perfect · Jun 16, 2026 Directions
97
Excellent BiteKarma score 97 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 4 of 4 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Jun 16, 2026: perfect, no violations.
  • Keeps coming up: 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), cited 2 times.
  • 2 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 4 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Perfect Jun 16

    Inspection

    No violations

  3. 2025
  4. Passed Jun 12

    Re-Inspection

    1 violation, 1 critical
    • Critical Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or above 140°F during hot holding.
  5. Passed Apr 28

    Inspection

    2 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Potentially hazardous foods are not stored under refrigeration except during necessary preparation or approved precooling procedures (room temperature storage).
    • Minor 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)
  6. 2024
  7. Passed May 16

    Inspection

    3 violations
    • Minor 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)
    • Minor Tobacco is used; eating, drinking in food preparation, dishwashing food storage areas
    • Minor Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate refrigerated or heated storage temperatures

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