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The Bar In Gowanus
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 18, 2024
- address286 3 Avenue, Brooklyn 11215
- cuisineAmerican
- phone9179090665
Is The Bar In Gowanus clean?
The Bar In Gowanus is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 18, 2024. 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 The Bar In Gowanus?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 18, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️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 The Bar In Gowanus last inspected?
The Bar In Gowanus has 1 inspection on record going back to September 18, 2024, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
The Bar In Gowanus vs Park Slope-Gowanus
Park Slope-Gowanus runs 85% clean across 512 tracked restaurants — 397 clean, 24 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 512 spots Cooked tracks in Park Slope-Gowanus, this one comes out cleaner than 64% 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 September 18, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.