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Falafalafa
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2025
- address3115 Avenue U, Brooklyn 11229
- cuisineJewish/Kosher
- phone3477785262
Is Falafalafa clean?
Falafalafa is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 20, 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 Falafalafa?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueSwollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
When was Falafalafa last inspected?
Falafalafa has 1 inspection on record going back to March 20, 2025, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Falafalafa vs Madison
Madison runs 72% clean across 77 tracked restaurants — 51 clean, 10 mid, 10 cooked.
Against the 77 spots Cooked tracks in Madison, this one comes out cleaner than 45% 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 March 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.