Hungry Ghost Coffee

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score7 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 21, 2026 →
• address80 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn 11201
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone7184890998

Is Hungry Ghost Coffee clean?

Hungry Ghost Coffee is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 21, 2026. 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 Hungry Ghost Coffee?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Allergen or intolerance notice not translated into common language when required
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• ⚠️Food Protection Certificate not available for inspection
• ⚠️Providing single-use, non-compostable plastic straws to customers without customer request (including providing such straws at a self-serve station)

When was Hungry Ghost Coffee last inspected?

Hungry Ghost Coffee has 8 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2022, averaging 15 points.

Hungry Ghost Coffee vs Fort Greene

Fort Greene runs 76% clean across 151 tracked restaurants — 104 clean, 9 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 151 spots Cooked tracks in Fort Greene, this one comes out cleaner than 74% 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 August 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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