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Tamara Caribbean Kitchen
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score42 pts
- critical violations5
- last inspectedOctober 3, 2025
- address8913 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn 11236
- cuisineCaribbean
- phone9174605103
Is Tamara Caribbean Kitchen clean?
Tamara Caribbean Kitchen is currently Grade C from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Tamara Caribbean Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🗑️garbage situation out of pocketPesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🛠️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.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
When was Tamara Caribbean Kitchen last inspected?
Tamara Caribbean Kitchen has 9 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2022, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2025 | Grade C | 42 pts |
| July 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| April 7, 2025 | Grade C | 41 pts |
| March 5, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 60 pts |
| August 27, 2024 | Grade C | 3 pts |
| August 23, 2024 | closed by the city | 15 pts |
| August 19, 2024 | closed by the city | 29 pts |
| January 3, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| November 30, 2022 | Grade C | 54 pts |
Tamara Caribbean Kitchen vs Canarsie
Canarsie runs 84% clean across 97 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 5 mid, 10 cooked.
Against the 97 spots Cooked tracks in Canarsie, this one comes out cleaner than 2% 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 October 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.