Pearl Kitchen

• gradeGrade C ⏳
• grade postedMarch 2, 2024
• inspection score26 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJanuary 17, 2025 →
• address639 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn 11211
• cuisineKorean
• phone9179091498

Is Pearl Kitchen clean?

Pearl Kitchen currently carries Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on March 2, 2024 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on January 17, 2025 scoring 26 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads cooked 🪳; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Pearl Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted

When was Pearl Kitchen last inspected?

Pearl Kitchen has 3 inspections on record going back to January 19, 2023, averaging 30 points.

Pearl Kitchen vs North Side-South Side

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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 January 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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