Loco Lobster

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score27 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedDecember 18, 2025
• address1716 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn 11234
• cuisineSeafood
• phone3477024289

Is Loco Lobster clean?

New York currently lists Loco Lobster as grade pending, following an inspection on December 18, 2025 that scored 27 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Loco Lobster?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧻grimy wiping clothscritical
  Wiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.

When was Loco Lobster last inspected?

Loco Lobster has 1 inspection on record going back to December 18, 2025, averaging 27 points.

Loco Lobster 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 5% 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 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.