Calexico

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJanuary 22, 2026 →
• address278B 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11215
• cuisineMexican
• phone3472547644

Is Calexico clean?

Calexico is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 22, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Calexico?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 22, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🐭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.
• 🧫equipment / surface issuecritical
  Swollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE

When was Calexico last inspected?

Calexico has 3 inspections on record going back to May 20, 2024, averaging 6 points.

Calexico 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 21% 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 January 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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