Cafe 98 / Al Legacy Enterprises

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score82 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMay 30, 2026
• address371 East 98 Street, Brooklyn 11212
• cuisineOther
• phone3473935339

Is Cafe 98 / Al Legacy Enterprises clean?

New York currently lists Cafe 98 / Al Legacy Enterprises as grade pending, following an inspection on May 30, 2026 that scored 82 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Cafe 98 / Al Legacy Enterprises?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Wash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Accurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  No approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
• 🐛pest / contamination issuecritical
  Properly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Cafe 98 / Al Legacy Enterprises last inspected?

Cafe 98 / Al Legacy Enterprises has 1 inspection on record going back to May 30, 2026, averaging 82 points.

Cafe 98 / Al Legacy Enterprises vs Brownsville

Brownsville runs 81% clean across 92 tracked restaurants — 71 clean, 4 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 92 spots Cooked tracks in Brownsville, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.