Damascus Bread & Bakery

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 8, 2026 →
• address195 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn 11201
• cuisineMediterranean
• phone7186257070

Is Damascus Bread & Bakery clean?

Damascus Bread & Bakery is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 8, 2026. 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 Damascus Bread & Bakery?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• ⚠️Food adulterated or misbranded. Adulterated or misbranded food possessed, being manufactured, produced, packed, sold, offered for sale, delivered or given away
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.

When was Damascus Bread & Bakery last inspected?

Damascus Bread & Bakery has 4 inspections on record going back to November 24, 2023, averaging 9 points.

Damascus Bread & Bakery vs Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill

Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill runs 81% clean across 136 tracked restaurants — 101 clean, 8 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 136 spots Cooked tracks in Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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.

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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 June 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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