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Banhmigos
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score40 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedAugust 28, 2024
- address643 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
- cuisineSandwiches
- phone7182553128
Is Banhmigos clean?
Banhmigos is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 28, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. 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 Banhmigos?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 28, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalNo approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
- 🐭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 Banhmigos last inspected?
Banhmigos has 5 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2024, averaging 30 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| April 21, 2025 | — | |
| November 4, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
| August 28, 2024 | Grade C | 40 pts |
| June 13, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 36 pts |
Banhmigos vs Prospect Heights
Prospect Heights runs 78% clean across 139 tracked restaurants — 102 clean, 9 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 139 spots Cooked tracks in Prospect Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 August 28, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.