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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 dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold 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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| August 31, 2023 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| November 28, 2022 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| July 20, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
F&M Cafe vs Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook
Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook runs 87% clean across 225 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 2 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 225 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.
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.