Buttermilk

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedJune 1, 2024
• inspection score19 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 22, 2025 →
• address577 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11215
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7187886297

Is Buttermilk clean?

Buttermilk currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on June 1, 2024 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on November 22, 2025 scoring 19 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Buttermilk?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Buttermilk last inspected?

Buttermilk has 2 inspections on record going back to June 1, 2024, averaging 16 points.

Buttermilk vs Park Slope-Gowanus

Park Slope-Gowanus runs 86% clean across 524 tracked restaurants — 408 clean, 23 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 524 spots Cooked tracks in Park Slope-Gowanus, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 November 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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