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 coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal 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 sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live 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.

Pearl Indian Restaurant vs Crown Heights North

Crown Heights North runs 80% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 209 clean, 15 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Crown Heights North, this one comes out cleaner than 87% 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 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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