Big John's Coffee Shop & Grill

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 27, 2026 →
• address876 4 Avenue, Brooklyn 11232
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7189651808

Is Big John's Coffee Shop & Grill clean?

Big John's Coffee Shop & Grill is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 27, 2026. 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 Big John's Coffee Shop & Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.

When was Big John's Coffee Shop & Grill last inspected?

Big John's Coffee Shop & Grill has 4 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2024, averaging 15 points.

Big John's Coffee Shop & Grill vs Sunset Park West

Sunset Park West runs 82% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 166 clean, 8 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park West, 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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