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The Spot Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 23, 2025
- address358 Bainbridge Street, Brooklyn 11233
- cuisineLatin American
- phone3472400130
Is The Spot Cafe clean?
The Spot Cafe is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on June 23, 2025. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at The Spot Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
When was The Spot Cafe last inspected?
The Spot Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to May 9, 2025, averaging 30 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2026 | closed by the city | 50 pts |
| April 6, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
| June 23, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| May 9, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
The Spot Cafe vs Stuyvesant Heights
Stuyvesant Heights runs 79% clean across 155 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 8 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 155 spots Cooked tracks in Stuyvesant Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 June 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.