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Nostrand Cafe
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedDecember 9, 2024
- address261 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn 11216
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone7189758588
Is Nostrand Cafe clean?
Nostrand Cafe is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 9, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Nostrand Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 9, 2024, 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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Nostrand Cafe last inspected?
Nostrand Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to January 5, 2024, averaging 14 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
| December 9, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 4, 2024 | Grade A | 2 pts |
| January 5, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 13 pts |
Nostrand Cafe vs Bedford
Bedford runs 79% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 141 clean, 13 mid, 24 cooked.
Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Bedford, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 9, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.