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Branded Saloon
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 1, 2025
- address603 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
- cuisineAmerican
- phone7184848704
Is Branded Saloon clean?
Branded Saloon is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 1, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Branded Saloon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊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.
- 🍽️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.
When was Branded Saloon last inspected?
Branded Saloon has 3 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2023, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 7, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 42 pts |
| March 14, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Branded Saloon 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 22% 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 May 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.