F&M Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score11 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 27, 2025 →
• address383 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn 11231
• cuisineSandwiches
• phone7188552623

Is F&M Cafe clean?

F&M Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 27, 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 F&M Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold 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.

When was F&M Cafe last inspected?

F&M Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2022, averaging 12 points.

F&M Cafe vs Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook

Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook runs 86% clean across 227 tracked restaurants — 167 clean, 5 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 227 spots Cooked tracks in Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook, this one comes out cleaner than 52% 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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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 June 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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