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Hometown Café

health inspection grade · Bensonhurst West · Brooklyn
😇clean
  • gradeGrade A
  • inspection score12 pts
  • critical violations2
  • last inspectedDecember 8, 2025 →
  • address2117 86 Street, Brooklyn 11214
  • cuisineAsian/Asian Fusion
  • phone3474719632
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Is Hometown Café clean?

Hometown Café is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 8, 2025. 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 Hometown Café?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 8, 2025, 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.
  • 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
    Food, 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.

When was Hometown Café last inspected?

Hometown Café has 1 inspection on record going back to December 8, 2025, averaging 12 points.

December 8, 2025 A Pre-permit (Operational) / Initial Inspection · 12 pts · 2 failed findings

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Hometown Café vs Bensonhurst West

Bensonhurst West runs 80% clean across 253 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 19 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 253 spots Cooked tracks in Bensonhurst West, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 December 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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