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Donut Shoppe
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score26 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedMarch 10, 2025
- address1503 Avenue U, Brooklyn 11229
- cuisineAmerican
- phone3476120907
Is Donut Shoppe clean?
Donut Shoppe is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 10, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Donut Shoppe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueAccurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
- 🍽️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.
- 🌡️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.
- 🧊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.
- 🛠️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 Donut Shoppe last inspected?
Donut Shoppe has 9 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2022, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2025 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| January 16, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 47 pts |
| May 3, 2024 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| February 21, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 42 pts |
| August 16, 2023 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| April 11, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| January 19, 2023 | — | |
| September 30, 2022 | Grade B | 26 pts |
| March 22, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
Donut Shoppe vs Madison
Madison runs 72% clean across 77 tracked restaurants — 51 clean, 10 mid, 10 cooked.
Against the 77 spots Cooked tracks in Madison, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.