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Nili Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 23, 2025
- address360 Smith Street, Brooklyn 11231
- cuisineMiddle Eastern
- phone9178800789
Is Nili Cafe clean?
Nili Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 23, 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 Nili Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
When was Nili Cafe last inspected?
Nili Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to January 24, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 23, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 4, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 4, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 56 pts |
| January 24, 2023 | Grade A | 7 pts |
Nili Cafe vs Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook
Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook runs 87% clean across 225 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 2 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 225 spots Cooked tracks in Carroll Gardens-Columbia Street-Red Hook, this one comes out cleaner than 60% 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 December 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.