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Montego Island Cuisine
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score53 pts
- critical violations7
- last inspectedJune 23, 2026
- address598 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn 11203
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone9174441101
Is Montego Island Cuisine clean?
New York currently lists Montego Island Cuisine as grade pending, following an inspection on June 23, 2026 that scored 53 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.
What did inspectors find at Montego Island Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🛠️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.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueMechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
When was Montego Island Cuisine last inspected?
Montego Island Cuisine has 1 inspection on record going back to June 23, 2026, averaging 53 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 53 pts |
Montego Island Cuisine vs East Flatbush-Farragut
East Flatbush-Farragut runs 74% clean across 75 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 6 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 75 spots Cooked tracks in East Flatbush-Farragut, 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 June 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.