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Backyard Pizza Cafe
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedDecember 24, 2024
- address2113 Avenue Z, Brooklyn 11235
- cuisinePizza
- phone7184000404
Is Backyard Pizza Cafe clean?
Backyard Pizza Cafe is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 24, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Backyard Pizza Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 24, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Backyard Pizza Cafe last inspected?
Backyard Pizza Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to January 22, 2024, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 24, 2024 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| July 23, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| March 26, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| January 22, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 62 pts |
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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 December 24, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.