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African Pride Restaurant
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score37 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedApril 14, 2026
- address1895 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn 11233
- cuisineAfrican
- phone7185940137
Is African Pride Restaurant clean?
African Pride Restaurant is currently Grade C from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 14, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at African Pride Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from a mystery sourcecriticalFood, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
When was African Pride Restaurant last inspected?
African Pride Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2025, averaging 46 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 14, 2026 | Grade C | 37 pts |
| October 22, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 54 pts |
African Pride Restaurant vs Ocean Hill
Ocean Hill runs 82% clean across 42 tracked restaurants — 31 clean, 3 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 42 spots Cooked tracks in Ocean Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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.
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 April 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.