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Reben Luncheonette
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 2, 2025
- address229 Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineSpanish
- phone7183887696
Is Reben Luncheonette clean?
Reben Luncheonette is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Reben Luncheonette?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Reben Luncheonette last inspected?
Reben Luncheonette has 8 inspections on record going back to December 8, 2022, averaging 26 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| March 5, 2024 | Grade C | 3 pts |
| February 27, 2024 | closed by the city | 11 pts |
| February 23, 2024 | closed by the city | 13 pts |
| February 7, 2024 | closed by the city | 78 pts |
| October 10, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 14 pts |
| January 11, 2023 | Grade B | 21 pts |
| December 8, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 52 pts |
Reben Luncheonette vs North Side-South Side
North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 573 tracked restaurants — 390 clean, 25 mid, 72 cooked.
Against the 573 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.
Other spots in North Side-South Side
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 April 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.