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Cafe Paulette
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 8, 2025
- address1 South Elliott Place, Brooklyn 11217
- cuisineFrench
- phone7188528582
Is Cafe Paulette clean?
Cafe Paulette is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 8, 2025. 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 Paulette?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
When was Cafe Paulette last inspected?
Cafe Paulette has 3 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2023, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 8, 2025 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| October 13, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| January 10, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 37 pts |
Cafe Paulette vs Fort Greene
Fort Greene runs 76% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 103 clean, 10 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fort Greene, this one comes out cleaner than 74% 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 August 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.