Mendelsohn's Pizza

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 8, 2025
• address4418 18 Avenue, Brooklyn 11204
• cuisineJewish/Kosher
• phone7188540600

Is Mendelsohn's Pizza clean?

Mendelsohn's Pizza is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 8, 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 Mendelsohn's Pizza?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 8, 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.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Mendelsohn's Pizza last inspected?

Mendelsohn's Pizza has 4 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2022, averaging 20 points.

Mendelsohn's Pizza vs Borough Park

Borough Park runs 72% clean across 119 tracked restaurants — 73 clean, 9 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 119 spots Cooked tracks in Borough Park, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 January 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.