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Good Friends Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 3, 2025
- address9528 Avenue L, Brooklyn 11236
- cuisineChinese
- phone7182510050
Is Good Friends Restaurant clean?
Good Friends Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 3, 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 Good Friends Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🌡️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 Good Friends Restaurant last inspected?
Good Friends Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to June 20, 2023, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 3, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| July 21, 2025 | Grade C | 2 pts |
| July 15, 2025 | closed by the city | 46 pts |
| June 4, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 48 pts |
| March 26, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 20, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
Good Friends Restaurant vs Canarsie
Canarsie runs 84% clean across 97 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 5 mid, 10 cooked.
Against the 97 spots Cooked tracks in Canarsie, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 November 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.