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Linda Restaurant
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score56 pts
- critical violations5
- last inspectedMarch 20, 2024
- address830 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn 11218
- cuisineMexican
- phone9145656227
Is Linda Restaurant clean?
Linda Restaurant is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 20, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Linda Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 20, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueDishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- ⚠️Allergen or intolerance notice not translated into common language when requiredAllergen or intolerance notice not translated into common language when required
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalNo approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalProperly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueToilet facility not maintained or provided with toilet paper, waste receptacle or self-closing door.
- 🍽️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.
- ⚠️“Choking first aid” poster not posted. “Alcohol and Pregnancy” warning sign not posted. Resuscitation equipment: exhaled air resuscitation masks (adult & pediatric), latex gloves, sign not posted.“Choking first aid” poster not posted. “Alcohol and Pregnancy” warning sign not posted. Resuscitation equipment: exhaled air resuscitation masks (adult & pediatric), latex gloves, sign not posted.
When was Linda Restaurant last inspected?
Linda Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to January 31, 2024, averaging 51 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 12 pts |
| March 20, 2024 | Grade C | 56 pts |
| January 31, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 85 pts |
Linda Restaurant vs Kensington-Ocean Parkway
Kensington-Ocean Parkway runs 78% clean across 64 tracked restaurants — 40 clean, 3 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 64 spots Cooked tracks in Kensington-Ocean Parkway, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 March 20, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.