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Raizes Churrascaria
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2025
- address139 Nassau Avenue, Brooklyn 11222
- cuisinePortuguese
- phone7183890088
Is Raizes Churrascaria clean?
Raizes Churrascaria is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 16, 2025. 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 Raizes Churrascaria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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 pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
When was Raizes Churrascaria last inspected?
Raizes Churrascaria has 4 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2023, averaging 23 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| July 1, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
| March 22, 2024 | Grade B | 17 pts |
| June 21, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
Raizes Churrascaria vs Greenpoint
Greenpoint runs 80% clean across 309 tracked restaurants — 217 clean, 17 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 309 spots Cooked tracks in Greenpoint, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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.