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Daisy's Diner
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score16 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 19, 2025
- address452 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11215
- cuisineAmerican
- phone5626443307
Is Daisy's Diner clean?
Daisy's Diner is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 19, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Daisy's Diner?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- 🛠️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.
When was Daisy's Diner last inspected?
Daisy's Diner has 3 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2025, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 | — | |
| March 19, 2025 | Grade B | 16 pts |
| February 13, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
Daisy's Diner vs Park Slope-Gowanus
Park Slope-Gowanus runs 85% clean across 512 tracked restaurants — 397 clean, 24 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 512 spots Cooked tracks in Park Slope-Gowanus, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 March 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.