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Nara Chicken Korean Cuisine
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2026
- address137 Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineKorean
- phone3479160025
Is Nara Chicken Korean Cuisine clean?
Nara Chicken Korean Cuisine is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 17, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Nara Chicken Korean Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
When was Nara Chicken Korean Cuisine last inspected?
Nara Chicken Korean Cuisine has 2 inspections on record going back to November 12, 2024, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2026 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| November 12, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Nara Chicken Korean Cuisine vs North Side-South Side
North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 573 tracked restaurants — 390 clean, 25 mid, 72 cooked.
Against the 573 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.
Other spots in North Side-South Side
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 February 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.