The Rusty Face

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedFebruary 21, 2024
• inspection score17 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 13, 2025 →
• address188 Grand Street, Brooklyn 11211
• cuisineMediterranean
• phone3473350006

Is The Rusty Face clean?

The Rusty Face currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on February 21, 2024 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on March 13, 2025 scoring 17 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at The Rusty Face?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Accurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment

When was The Rusty Face last inspected?

The Rusty Face has 3 inspections on record going back to March 15, 2023, averaging 20 points.

The Rusty Face vs North Side-South Side

North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 581 tracked restaurants — 397 clean, 25 mid, 73 cooked.

Against the 581 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 42% 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 March 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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