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Shaare Zion Caterers
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score23 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedFebruary 10, 2025
- address2030 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn 11223
- cuisineJewish/Kosher
- phone3474991538
Is Shaare Zion Caterers clean?
Shaare Zion Caterers is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 10, 2025. 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 Shaare Zion Caterers?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 10, 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.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🧽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 Shaare Zion Caterers last inspected?
Shaare Zion Caterers has 2 inspections on record going back to May 30, 2024, averaging 27 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 10, 2025 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| May 30, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
Shaare Zion Caterers vs Homecrest
Homecrest runs 74% clean across 134 tracked restaurants — 91 clean, 13 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 134 spots Cooked tracks in Homecrest, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 February 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.