Knock Out Cafe

• official resultClosed by the city
• score31 pts
• inspection typePre-permit (Operational) / Reopening Inspection
• failed findings2
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  Official wording: Insufficient or no hot holding, cold storage or cold holding equipment provided to maintain Time/Temperature Control for Safety Foods (TCS) at required temperatures
  code 05FCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: 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.
  code 10Fstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Closed by the city on December 18, 2025: Score changed by -102 points. 2 findings appeared for the first time. 12 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.