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Back To John's Deli
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 29, 2025
- address423 3 Avenue, Brooklyn 11215
- cuisineAmerican
- phone7187227547
Is Back To John's Deli clean?
Back To John's Deli is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 29, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Back To John's Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Back To John's Deli last inspected?
Back To John's Deli has 3 inspections on record going back to February 27, 2023, averaging 10 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| May 3, 2024 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| February 27, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Back To John's Deli vs Park Slope-Gowanus
Park Slope-Gowanus runs 85% clean across 512 tracked restaurants — 397 clean, 24 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 512 spots Cooked tracks in Park Slope-Gowanus, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 May 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.