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Hungry Ghost Coffee
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 1, 2025
- address80 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn 11201
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone6087999076
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 May 1, 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 Hungry Ghost Coffee?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup offSingle service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
When was Hungry Ghost Coffee last inspected?
Hungry Ghost Coffee has 7 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2022, averaging 16 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| June 20, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 3 pts |
| June 4, 2024 | Grade C | 48 pts |
| February 29, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| February 21, 2023 | Grade A | 4 pts |
| June 1, 2022 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| May 9, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
Hungry Ghost Coffee vs Fort Greene
Fort Greene runs 76% clean across 148 tracked restaurants — 103 clean, 10 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 148 spots Cooked tracks in Fort Greene, this one comes out cleaner than 52% 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 May 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.