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Garnacha Bite
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 24, 2025
- address361 Halsey Street, Brooklyn 11216
- cuisineMexican
- phone6318279530
Is Garnacha Bite clean?
Garnacha Bite is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Garnacha Bite?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️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 Garnacha Bite last inspected?
Garnacha Bite has 5 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2023, averaging 19 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 25, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
| April 24, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| December 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 15 pts |
| June 21, 2023 | Grade A | 4 pts |
| May 25, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
Garnacha Bite vs Stuyvesant Heights
Stuyvesant Heights runs 79% clean across 155 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 8 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 155 spots Cooked tracks in Stuyvesant Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 April 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.