Empanada Premium

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 31, 2026 →
• address2924 Fulton Street, Brooklyn 11207
• cuisineSpanish
• phone9294544933

Is Empanada Premium clean?

Empanada Premium is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 31, 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 Empanada Premium?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 31, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊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.
• 🍽️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 Empanada Premium last inspected?

Empanada Premium has 4 inspections on record going back to March 1, 2024, averaging 12 points.

Empanada Premium vs East New York

East New York runs 83% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 111 clean, 8 mid, 15 cooked.

Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in East New York, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 July 31, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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