health inspection grade · North Side-South Side · Brooklyn
🪳cooked
inspection score57 pts
critical violations5
last inspectedAugust 5, 2024
address288 Grand Street, Brooklyn 11211
cuisineSandwiches
phone7184276626
🚫 the city has this spot closed.
Is Angels Cafe clean?
Angels Cafe is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on August 5, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Angels Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
🍽️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.
🪰flies in the housecritical
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.
🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
⚠️“Choking first aid” poster not posted. “Alcohol and Pregnancy” warning sign not posted. Resuscitation equipment: exhaled air resuscitation masks (adult & pediatric), latex gloves, sign not posted.
“Choking first aid” poster not posted. “Alcohol and Pregnancy” warning sign not posted. Resuscitation equipment: exhaled air resuscitation masks (adult & pediatric), latex gloves, sign not posted.
📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
🧫equipment / surface issue
Wash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Angels Cafe last inspected?
Angels Cafe has 1 inspection on record going back to August 5, 2024, averaging 57 points.
date
result
score
August 5, 2024
closed by the city
57 pts
Angels Cafe 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 0% of them.
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 August 5, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.