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Squarrel Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 16, 2026
- address572 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn 11217
- cuisineCoffee/Tea
- phone9295250425
Is Squarrel Cafe clean?
Squarrel Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 16, 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 Squarrel Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was Squarrel Cafe last inspected?
Squarrel Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to June 2, 2023, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2026 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| October 24, 2025 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| September 11, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
| August 22, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| April 29, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| October 27, 2023 | Grade A | 2 pts |
| June 2, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 47 pts |
Squarrel Cafe vs DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill
DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill runs 85% clean across 407 tracked restaurants — 311 clean, 19 mid, 38 cooked.
Against the 407 spots Cooked tracks in DUMBO-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 58% 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 July 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.