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Playa Bowls
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score17 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2025
- address100 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn 11201
- cuisineJuice, Smoothies, Fruit Salads
- phone9172315259
Is Playa Bowls clean?
Playa Bowls is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 16, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Playa Bowls?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- ⚠️Caloric content not posted on menus, menu boards or food tags, in a food service establishment that is 1 of 15 or more outlets operating the same type of business nationally under common ownership or control, or as a franchise or doing business under the same name, for each menu item that is served in portions, the size and content of which are standardized.Caloric content not posted on menus, menu boards or food tags, in a food service establishment that is 1 of 15 or more outlets operating the same type of business nationally under common ownership or control, or as a franchise or doing business under the same name, for each menu item that is served in portions, the size and content of which are standardized.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalFood containing a prohibited substance held, kept, offered, prepared, processed, packaged, or served.
- ⚠️Food adulterated or misbranded. Adulterated or misbranded food possessed, being manufactured, produced, packed, sold, offered for sale, delivered or given awayFood adulterated or misbranded. Adulterated or misbranded food possessed, being manufactured, produced, packed, sold, offered for sale, delivered or given away
When was Playa Bowls last inspected?
Playa Bowls has 4 inspections on record going back to September 24, 2024, averaging 19 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 17, 2025 | — | |
| October 16, 2025 | Grade B | 17 pts |
| September 5, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| September 24, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
Playa Bowls vs DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill
DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill runs 85% clean across 407 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 19 mid, 38 cooked.
Against the 407 spots Cooked tracks in DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 October 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.