12 Chairs Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 11, 2026 →
• address342 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn 11249
• cuisineMiddle Eastern
• phone3472277077

Is 12 Chairs Cafe clean?

12 Chairs Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 11, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at 12 Chairs Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  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.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  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.

When was 12 Chairs Cafe last inspected?

12 Chairs Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2024, averaging 18 points.

12 Chairs Cafe vs North Side-South Side

North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 581 tracked restaurants — 397 clean, 25 mid, 73 cooked.

Against the 581 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.

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How New York grades restaurants

New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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