Hong Bao Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 3, 2025 →
• address6317 18 Avenue, Brooklyn 11204
• cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
• phone7186213598

Is Hong Bao Cafe clean?

Hong Bao Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 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 Hong Bao Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Hong Bao Cafe last inspected?

Hong Bao Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to January 5, 2023, averaging 15 points.

Hong Bao Cafe 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 59% 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 June 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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