Bar Contra
NYC Department of Health inspection history. 138 ORCHARD STREET, 10002, Manhattan, NY.
Latest grade
B
Score: 20 points
Last inspection
May 27, 2025
2 inspections on file · 9 total violations · 2 critical
Violations on last inspection
- Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- 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.
- Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
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Data source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene — public restaurant inspection results. Updated within 24 hours of each inspection. Official dataset.