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Katou Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score23 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 10, 2024
- address5012 Avenue M, Brooklyn 11234
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone3475969335
Is Katou Restaurant clean?
Katou Restaurant is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 10, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Katou Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- ⚠️Failure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating informationFailure to post or conspicuously post healthy eating information
- 🗑️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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Katou Restaurant last inspected?
Katou Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to March 7, 2024, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2024 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| March 7, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
Katou Restaurant vs Flatlands
Flatlands runs 74% clean across 101 tracked restaurants — 69 clean, 11 mid, 13 cooked.
Against the 101 spots Cooked tracks in Flatlands, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 December 10, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.