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Caribbean Bites & West Indian Cuisine
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 17, 2026
- address488 East 98 Street, Brooklyn 11212
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone9292182690
Is Caribbean Bites & West Indian Cuisine clean?
Caribbean Bites & West Indian Cuisine is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 17, 2026. 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 Caribbean Bites & West Indian Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Caribbean Bites & West Indian Cuisine last inspected?
Caribbean Bites & West Indian Cuisine has 4 inspections on record going back to October 2, 2024, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2026 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| March 14, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| December 24, 2024 | Grade C | 45 pts |
| October 2, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
Caribbean Bites & West Indian Cuisine vs Rugby-Remsen Village
Rugby-Remsen Village runs 84% clean across 78 tracked restaurants — 61 clean, 3 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 78 spots Cooked tracks in Rugby-Remsen Village, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 July 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.