Bear Burgers

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 12, 2024
• address8923 Flatlands Avenue, Brooklyn 11236
• cuisineAmerican
• phone6318762809

Is Bear Burgers clean?

Bear Burgers is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 12, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. 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 Bear Burgers?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.

When was Bear Burgers last inspected?

Bear Burgers has 3 inspections on record going back to March 29, 2023, averaging 14 points.

Bear Burgers vs Canarsie

Canarsie runs 84% clean across 97 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 5 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 97 spots Cooked tracks in Canarsie, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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 June 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.