Double Drinks/Double Taste

• last posted gradeGrade C · May 14, 2024
• inspection score74 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedSeptember 18, 2024 →
• address167 Forbell Street, Brooklyn 11208
• cuisineSoutheast Asian
• phone3476051981

Is Double Drinks/Double Taste clean?

Double Drinks/Double Taste is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on September 18, 2024. That inspection scored 74 points and cited 4 critical violations. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected. The last grade the city posted here was C on May 14, 2024, before the closure.

What did inspectors find at Double Drinks/Double Taste?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Double Drinks/Double Taste last inspected?

Double Drinks/Double Taste has 4 inspections on record going back to February 27, 2024, averaging 47 points.

Double Drinks/Double Taste vs Cypress Hills-City Line

Cypress Hills-City Line runs 80% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 64 clean, 2 mid, 14 cooked.

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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 September 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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