Yonah Schimmel's Knish Bakery
137 East Houston Street, Manhattan, NY 10002
Failed · Oct 10, 2025 Directions
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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
- Keeps coming up: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas, cited 5 times, plus 8 other repeat issues.
- Passed 1 of 5 graded inspections since 2022.
- Last inspected Oct 10, 2025: failed with 5 violations, 4 critical. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
- 11 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 5 visits
- 2025
- Failed Oct 10
Cycle Inspection
5 violations, 4 critical
- 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
- 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 Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area
- Critical Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas
- Minor Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests
- Failed Sep 18
Cycle Inspection
11 violations, 7 critical
- Critical Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas
- 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 Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140°F
- Critical Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan
- 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
- Critical Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area
- Critical Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas
- Minor Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises
- Minor Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used
- Minor Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests
- 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
- 2024
- Passed Jan 3
Cycle Inspection
2 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas
- Minor Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests
- 2022
- Failed Oct 20
Cycle Inspection
4 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas
- Critical Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas
- 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
- Minor Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests
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