Pollos A La Brasa

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score44 pts
• critical violations5
• last inspectedJune 10, 2026
• address691 Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn 11221
• cuisineSpanish
• phone7183819400

Is Pollos A La Brasa clean?

Pollos A La Brasa is currently Grade C from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 10, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Pollos A La Brasa?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🦪shellfish with no paper trailcritical
  Shellfish not from approved source, not or improperly tagged/labeled; tags not retained for 90 days.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 🧽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.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Pollos A La Brasa last inspected?

Pollos A La Brasa has 5 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2023, averaging 29 points.

Pollos A La Brasa vs Bushwick North

Bushwick North runs 78% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 226 clean, 18 mid, 44 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Bushwick North, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

Other spots in Bushwick North

• ⏳ Aby's Bar
  cooked · December 6, 2024
• A Kfc
  clean · October 14, 2025
• A Za-Ya
  clean · March 21, 2023
• A El Charro Bakery 1
  clean · April 10, 2026
• A Ic Brooklyn Cafe
  clean · October 8, 2025
• ? Grilled!
  not rated

See every restaurant inspection in Bushwick North →

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 June 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.