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Cafe Japon
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 12, 2024
- address934 3 Avenue, Brooklyn 11232
- cuisineJapanese
- phone9176968959
Is Cafe Japon clean?
Cafe Japon is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 12, 2024. 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 Cafe Japon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 12, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food adulterated or misbranded. Adulterated or misbranded food possessed, being manufactured, produced, packed, sold, offered for sale, delivered or given awayFood adulterated or misbranded. Adulterated or misbranded food possessed, being manufactured, produced, packed, sold, offered for sale, delivered or given away
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Cafe Japon last inspected?
Cafe Japon has 4 inspections on record going back to February 24, 2022, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 12, 2024 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| June 13, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 15 pts |
| March 29, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| February 24, 2022 | Grade A | 2 pts |
Cafe Japon vs Sunset Park West
Sunset Park West runs 80% clean across 224 tracked restaurants — 162 clean, 7 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 224 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park West, this one comes out cleaner than 72% of them.
Other spots in Sunset Park West
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 November 12, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.