Cavatappi

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedSeptember 6, 2023
• inspection score21 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedDecember 5, 2025 →
• address8024 13 Avenue, Brooklyn 11228
• cuisineItalian
• phone7187474049

Is Cavatappi clean?

Cavatappi currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on September 6, 2023 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on December 5, 2025 scoring 21 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Cavatappi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.

When was Cavatappi last inspected?

Cavatappi has 4 inspections on record going back to July 27, 2023, averaging 19 points.

Cavatappi vs Dyker Heights

Dyker Heights runs 72% clean across 99 tracked restaurants — 64 clean, 13 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 99 spots Cooked tracks in Dyker Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 98% 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 December 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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