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Bahia Restaurant & Cafe
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedJanuary 21, 2025
- address690 Grand Street, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7182189592
Is Bahia Restaurant & Cafe clean?
Bahia Restaurant & Cafe is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 21, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. 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 Bahia Restaurant & Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2025, 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.
- 🌡️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.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🧊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 Bahia Restaurant & Cafe last inspected?
Bahia Restaurant & Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to April 25, 2022, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 15, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| January 21, 2025 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| February 7, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| October 24, 2023 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| January 9, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
| April 25, 2022 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Bahia Restaurant & Cafe vs East Williamsburg
East Williamsburg runs 74% clean across 245 tracked restaurants — 155 clean, 16 mid, 38 cooked.
Against the 245 spots Cooked tracks in East Williamsburg, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 January 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.