Gran Torino Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 15, 2026 →
• address131 Berry Street, Brooklyn 11249
• cuisineItalian
• phone9173858586

Is Gran Torino Cafe clean?

Gran Torino Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 15, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Gran Torino Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Gran Torino Cafe last inspected?

Gran Torino Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to March 21, 2022, averaging 11 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Gran Torino Cafe vs North Side-South Side

North Side-South Side runs 81% clean across 596 tracked restaurants — 406 clean, 25 mid, 71 cooked.

Against the 596 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 September 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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