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Harlem Bar-B-Q / Nabe Harlem
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 13, 2025
- address2367 8 Avenue, Manhattan 10027
- cuisineBarbecue
- phone2122221922
Is Harlem Bar-B-Q / Nabe Harlem clean?
Harlem Bar-B-Q / Nabe Harlem is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 13, 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 Harlem Bar-B-Q / Nabe Harlem?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Harlem Bar-B-Q / Nabe Harlem last inspected?
Harlem Bar-B-Q / Nabe Harlem has 3 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2023, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| July 23, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| March 22, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
Harlem Bar-B-Q / Nabe Harlem vs Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds
Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds runs 71% clean across 91 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 5 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 91 spots Cooked tracks in Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds, this one comes out cleaner than 79% 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 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.