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Abba Bar & Grill
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 20, 2024
- address492 Grand Street, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineTapas
- phone3478449655
Is Abba Bar & Grill clean?
Abba Bar & Grill is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 20, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Abba Bar & Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Flavored tobacco products sold, offered for saleFlavored tobacco products sold, offered for sale
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter 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.
When was Abba Bar & Grill last inspected?
Abba Bar & Grill has 3 inspections on record going back to June 27, 2024, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
| November 20, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 27, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
Abba Bar & Grill vs North Side-South Side
North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 573 tracked restaurants — 390 clean, 25 mid, 72 cooked.
Against the 573 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.
Other spots in North Side-South Side
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.
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 November 20, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.