Mercer Coffee

181 Mercer Street, Manhattan, NY 10012

Passed · Sep 23, 2025 Directions
96
Excellent BiteKarma score 96 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 3 of 3 graded inspections since 2023.
  • No critical violations in the last two years.
  • Last inspected Sep 23, 2025: passed with 1 violation. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Nonfood-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, cited 2 times.

Inspection history 3 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Sep 23

    Cycle Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Nonfood-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
  3. 2024
  4. Passed May 8

    Cycle Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food-contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained
  5. 2023
  6. Passed Feb 6

    Pre-permit (Non-operational)

    2 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Food, supplies, and equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service
    • Minor Nonfood-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

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BiteKarma scores around Mercer Coffee, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.

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