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Melany Bar & Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 24, 2025
- address785 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn 11226
- cuisineSpanish
- phone7182820399
Is Melany Bar & Restaurant clean?
Melany Bar & Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 24, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Melany Bar & Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueSwollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE
- 🍽️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.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
When was Melany Bar & Restaurant last inspected?
Melany Bar & Restaurant has 6 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2023, averaging 31 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2025 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| August 13, 2024 | Grade C | 0 pts |
| August 1, 2024 | closed by the city | 88 pts |
| July 5, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 42 pts |
| May 15, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| May 3, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
Melany Bar & Restaurant vs Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate
Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate runs 78% clean across 191 tracked restaurants — 132 clean, 10 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 191 spots Cooked tracks in Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate, this one comes out cleaner than 50% 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 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.