Cooked?King Barka Jamaican & American Restaurant Inc
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- grade postedMay 6, 2025
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 4, 2025 →
- address301 West 135 Street, Manhattan 10030
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone3476418572
Is King Barka Jamaican & American Restaurant Inc clean?
King Barka Jamaican & American Restaurant Inc currently carries Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on May 6, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on August 4, 2025 scoring 13 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 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads cooked 🪳; the numbers above come from the newer visit.
What did inspectors find at King Barka Jamaican & American Restaurant Inc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was King Barka Jamaican & American Restaurant Inc last inspected?
King Barka Jamaican & American Restaurant Inc has 4 inspections on record going back to August 31, 2023, averaging 27 points.
August 4, 2025 Score 13
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View full inspection →May 6, 2025 C
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View full inspection →November 4, 2024 Score 36
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View full inspection →August 31, 2023 B
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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 August 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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