Cave

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 4, 2025 →
• address2320 Mcdonald Avenue, Brooklyn 11223
• cuisineAmerican
• phone3479151515

Is Cave clean?

Cave is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 4, 2025. 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 Cave?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 4, 2025, 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.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.

When was Cave last inspected?

Cave has 3 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2023, averaging 12 points.

Cave vs Gravesend

Gravesend runs 76% clean across 36 tracked restaurants — 26 clean, 0 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 36 spots Cooked tracks in Gravesend, this one comes out cleaner than 41% of them.

Other spots in Gravesend

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  clean · February 26, 2026
• A Living Room
  clean · August 17, 2026
• A Matchpoint Cafe
  clean · July 7, 2025
• A Empire Taco China
  clean · June 11, 2025
• A Dunkin
  clean · December 15, 2025

See every restaurant inspection in Gravesend →

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 October 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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