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Choice Market Bar And Restaurant
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score23 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMay 13, 2025
- address318 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
- cuisineAmerican
- phone9298883668
Is Choice Market Bar And Restaurant clean?
Choice Market Bar And Restaurant is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 13, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Choice Market Bar And Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
When was Choice Market Bar And Restaurant last inspected?
Choice Market Bar And Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to September 14, 2023, averaging 31 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| May 13, 2025 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| January 13, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| October 23, 2023 | Grade B | 20 pts |
| September 14, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 62 pts |
Choice Market Bar And Restaurant vs Clinton Hill
Clinton Hill runs 80% clean across 146 tracked restaurants — 105 clean, 11 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 146 spots Cooked tracks in Clinton Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 May 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.