Jacob Restaurant

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 20, 2026
• address2695 Frederick Douglas Boulevard, Manhattan 10030
• cuisineSoul Food
• phone2122833663

Is Jacob Restaurant clean?

Jacob Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 20, 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 Jacob Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
• 🛠️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.

When was Jacob Restaurant last inspected?

Jacob Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to November 29, 2023, averaging 9 points.

Jacob Restaurant vs Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds runs 71% clean across 91 tracked restaurants — 60 clean, 5 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 91 spots Cooked tracks in Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.