Natural Blend

• last posted gradeGrade A · January 29, 2025
• inspection score66 pts
• critical violations5
• last inspectedMarch 9, 2026 →
• address243 Malcolm X Boulevard, Brooklyn 11233
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone3473782440

Is Natural Blend clean?

Natural Blend is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on March 9, 2026. That inspection scored 66 points and cited 5 critical violations. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected. The last grade the city posted here was A on January 29, 2025, before the closure.

What did inspectors find at Natural Blend?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold 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.
• 🛠️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.
• ❓questionable food sourcingcritical
  Juice packaged on premises with no or incomplete label, no warning statement
• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  No approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.

When was Natural Blend last inspected?

Natural Blend has 5 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2023, averaging 27 points.

Natural Blend vs Stuyvesant Heights

Stuyvesant Heights runs 79% clean across 155 tracked restaurants — 110 clean, 7 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 155 spots Cooked tracks in Stuyvesant Heights, 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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