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Retro
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJune 30, 2026
- address853 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn 11222
- cuisinePolish
- phone7183834382
Is Retro clean?
Retro is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 30, 2026. 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 Retro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2026, 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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Retro last inspected?
Retro has 4 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2023, averaging 16 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2026 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| January 22, 2025 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| November 13, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
| July 20, 2023 | Grade A | 2 pts |
Retro 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 42% 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 June 30, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.