Ras Plant Based

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score25 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedMarch 10, 2026 →
• address739 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn 11238
• cuisineEthiopian
• phone7186226220

Is Ras Plant Based clean?

Ras Plant Based is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 10, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Ras Plant Based?

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

• 🤒sick worker near the foodcritical
  Food worker/food vendor does not use utensil or other barrier to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🛠️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.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Ras Plant Based last inspected?

Ras Plant Based has 5 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2023, averaging 23 points.

Ras Plant Based vs Crown Heights North

Crown Heights North runs 80% clean across 291 tracked restaurants — 209 clean, 15 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 291 spots Cooked tracks in Crown Heights North, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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.

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

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