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Chama Mama
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score6 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 4, 2025
- address121 Montague Street, Brooklyn 11201
- cuisineEastern European
- phone3476852725
Is Chama Mama clean?
Chama Mama is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 4, 2025. 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 Chama Mama?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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 Chama Mama last inspected?
Chama Mama has 2 inspections on record going back to August 30, 2023, averaging 7 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2025 | Grade A | 6 pts |
| August 30, 2023 | Grade A | 7 pts |
Chama Mama vs Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill
Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill runs 82% clean across 135 tracked restaurants — 102 clean, 8 mid, 14 cooked.
Against the 135 spots Cooked tracks in Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 80% 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 August 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.