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John's Deli
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score25 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedNovember 5, 2025
- address8308 13 Avenue, Brooklyn 11228
- cuisineItalian
- phone7188128214
Is John's Deli clean?
John's Deli is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 5, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at John's Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🗑️garbage situation out of pocketPesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🍽️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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was John's Deli last inspected?
John's Deli has 5 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2023, averaging 43 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | — | |
| November 5, 2025 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| April 4, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
| November 22, 2024 | Grade C | 55 pts |
| December 7, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 56 pts |
John's Deli vs Dyker Heights
Dyker Heights runs 70% clean across 96 tracked restaurants — 62 clean, 14 mid, 13 cooked.
Against the 96 spots Cooked tracks in Dyker Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 November 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.