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Milk Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 11, 2026
- address620 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone7182300844
Is Milk Bar clean?
Milk Bar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 11, 2026. 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 Milk Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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.
When was Milk Bar last inspected?
Milk Bar has 3 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2023, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2026 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| October 8, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| May 25, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
Milk Bar vs Prospect Heights
Prospect Heights runs 78% clean across 139 tracked restaurants — 102 clean, 9 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 139 spots Cooked tracks in Prospect Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 82% 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 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.