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Pearl Indian Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 30, 2026
- address738 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
- cuisineIndian
- phone7186229500
Is Pearl Indian Restaurant clean?
Pearl Indian Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 30, 2026. 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 Pearl Indian Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧼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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
When was Pearl Indian Restaurant last inspected?
Pearl Indian Restaurant has 3 inspections on record going back to February 9, 2024, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2026 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| September 11, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| February 9, 2024 | Grade B | 25 pts |
Pearl Indian Restaurant vs Crown Heights North
Crown Heights North runs 82% clean across 286 tracked restaurants — 209 clean, 10 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 286 spots Cooked tracks in Crown Heights North, this one comes out cleaner than 86% 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 March 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.