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Dilly Dally
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 8, 2025
- address626 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
- cuisineOther
- phone2177548817
Is Dilly Dally clean?
Dilly Dally is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 8, 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 Dilly Dally?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 8, 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.
- ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating informationFailure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
- ⚠️Sign prohibiting smoking or using electronic cigarettes not conspicuously posted.Sign prohibiting smoking or using electronic cigarettes not conspicuously posted.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- ⚠️Allergen or intolerance notice not translated into common language when requiredAllergen or intolerance notice not translated into common language when required
When was Dilly Dally last inspected?
Dilly Dally has 1 inspection on record going back to November 8, 2025, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 8, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Dilly Dally vs Prospect Heights
Prospect Heights runs 78% clean across 139 tracked restaurants — 102 clean, 9 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 139 spots Cooked tracks in Prospect Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 November 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.