El Gran Castillo De Jagua

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 23, 2025 →
• address355 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
• cuisineLatin American
• phone7186228700

Is El Gran Castillo De Jagua clean?

El Gran Castillo De Jagua is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 23, 2025. 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 El Gran Castillo De Jagua?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  After 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.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Lighting inadequate; permanent lighting not provided in food preparation areas, ware washing areas, and storage rooms. Shatterproof bulb or shield to prevent broken glass from falling into food or onto surfaces, not installed.

When was El Gran Castillo De Jagua last inspected?

El Gran Castillo De Jagua has 9 inspections on record going back to March 8, 2023, averaging 20 points.

El Gran Castillo De Jagua vs Prospect Heights

Prospect Heights runs 78% clean across 140 tracked restaurants — 102 clean, 10 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 140 spots Cooked tracks in Prospect Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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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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 December 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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