The Grotto Authentic Caribbean Cuisine

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score15 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 13, 2023 →
• address321 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn 11216
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone5167543424

Is The Grotto Authentic Caribbean Cuisine clean?

The Grotto Authentic Caribbean Cuisine is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 13, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Grotto Authentic Caribbean Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 13, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• ⚠️Ashtray present in smoke-free area.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was The Grotto Authentic Caribbean Cuisine last inspected?

The Grotto Authentic Caribbean Cuisine has 3 inspections on record going back to November 18, 2021, averaging 17 points.

The Grotto Authentic Caribbean Cuisine vs Bedford

Bedford runs 79% clean across 206 tracked restaurants — 142 clean, 10 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 206 spots Cooked tracks in Bedford, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 13, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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