Cafe Tabu

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score6 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2024 →
• address2205 Avenue X, Brooklyn 11235
• cuisineRussian
• phone7189340177

Is Cafe Tabu clean?

Cafe Tabu is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 19, 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 Tabu?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️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.

When was Cafe Tabu last inspected?

Cafe Tabu has 4 inspections on record going back to October 19, 2022, averaging 15 points.

Cafe Tabu vs Sheepshead Bay-Gerritsen Beach-Manhattan Beach

Sheepshead Bay-Gerritsen Beach-Manhattan Beach runs 84% clean across 153 tracked restaurants — 117 clean, 9 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 153 spots Cooked tracks in Sheepshead Bay-Gerritsen Beach-Manhattan Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 78% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 19, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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