Elk Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 21, 2026 →
• address154 Prospect Park Southwest, Brooklyn 11218
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone3474394780

Is Elk Cafe clean?

Elk Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 21, 2026. 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 Elk Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽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.
• 🍽️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.

When was Elk Cafe last inspected?

Elk Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to June 1, 2023, averaging 15 points.

Elk Cafe vs Windsor Terrace

Windsor Terrace runs 87% clean across 67 tracked restaurants — 55 clean, 4 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 67 spots Cooked tracks in Windsor Terrace, this one comes out cleaner than 44% of them.

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• A Poetica Coffee
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• B Poetica Coffee
  mid · June 18, 2026
• A Dog Day Afternoon
  clean · August 20, 2026
• A Cozie's Pizzeria
  clean · February 26, 2026

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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 August 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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