Jack's Cuisine

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedMay 24, 2023
• inspection score46 pts
• critical violations6
• last inspectedNovember 4, 2024 →
• address1591 Mcdonald Avenue, Brooklyn 11230
• cuisineJewish/Kosher
• phone7187585854

Is Jack's Cuisine clean?

Jack's Cuisine currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on May 24, 2023 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on November 4, 2024 scoring 46 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 6 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 Jack's Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 4, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-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.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, and equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐛pest / contamination issuecritical
  Properly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.

When was Jack's Cuisine last inspected?

Jack's Cuisine has 3 inspections on record going back to December 3, 2021, averaging 27 points.

Jack's Cuisine vs Borough Park

Borough Park runs 68% clean across 121 tracked restaurants — 71 clean, 12 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 121 spots Cooked tracks in Borough Park, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 November 4, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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