Cooked?Il Colosseo
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- grade postedJanuary 30, 2025
- inspection score20 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 27, 2026 →
- address7704 18 Avenue, Brooklyn 11214
- cuisineItalian
- phone7182343663
Is Il Colosseo clean?
Il Colosseo currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on January 30, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on April 27, 2026 scoring 20 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.
What did inspectors find at Il Colosseo?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was Il Colosseo last inspected?
Il Colosseo has 3 inspections on record going back to October 21, 2024, averaging 20 points.
April 27, 2026 Score 20
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View full inspection →January 30, 2025 A
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View full inspection →October 21, 2024 Score 27
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View full inspection →Il Colosseo 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 20% 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 April 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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