Jalopy Tavern

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 18, 2025 →
• address317 Columbia Street, Brooklyn 11231
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7186253214

Is Jalopy Tavern clean?

Jalopy Tavern is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 18, 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 Jalopy Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Jalopy Tavern last inspected?

Jalopy Tavern has 3 inspections on record going back to March 12, 2023, averaging 28 points.

Jalopy Tavern vs Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook

Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook runs 86% clean across 227 tracked restaurants — 167 clean, 5 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 227 spots Cooked tracks in Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 September 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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