Rell's Cafe Corner

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score9 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 18, 2026 →
• address276 Chestnut Street, Brooklyn 11208
• cuisineAmerican
• phone3478045116

Is Rell's Cafe Corner clean?

Rell's Cafe Corner is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 18, 2026. 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 Rell's Cafe Corner?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.

When was Rell's Cafe Corner last inspected?

Rell's Cafe Corner has 4 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2024, averaging 27 points.

Rell's Cafe Corner vs Cypress Hills-City Line

Cypress Hills-City Line runs 80% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 64 clean, 2 mid, 14 cooked.

Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in Cypress Hills-City Line, this one comes out cleaner than 78% 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 June 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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