Rare Steak & Lobster

• gradeGrade pending
• inspection score45 pts
• critical violations5
• last inspectedMay 30, 2026 →
• address1005 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn 11224
• cuisineSeafood
• phone9176646556

Is Rare Steak & Lobster clean?

New York currently lists Rare Steak & Lobster as grade pending, following an inspection on May 30, 2026 that scored 45 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.

What did inspectors find at Rare Steak & Lobster?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 30, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  No hand washing facility in or adjacent to toilet room or within 25 feet of a food preparation, food service or ware washing area. Hand washing facility not accessible, obstructed or used for non-hand washing purposes. No hot and cold running water or water at inadequate pressure. No soap or acceptable hand-drying device.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🧽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.
• 🦪shellfish with no paper trailcritical
  Shellfish not from approved source, not or improperly tagged/labeled; tags not retained for 90 days.

When was Rare Steak & Lobster last inspected?

Rare Steak & Lobster has 1 inspection on record going back to May 30, 2026, averaging 45 points.

Rare Steak & Lobster vs West Brighton

West Brighton runs 63% clean across 37 tracked restaurants — 19 clean, 0 mid, 11 cooked.

Against the 37 spots Cooked tracks in West Brighton, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

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 May 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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