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Uncle Ng's Recipe
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score17 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedDecember 23, 2024
- address5603 8 Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineChinese
- phone9177418288
Is Uncle Ng's Recipe clean?
Uncle Ng's Recipe is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 23, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Uncle Ng's Recipe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueAccurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was Uncle Ng's Recipe last inspected?
Uncle Ng's Recipe has 5 inspections on record going back to February 2, 2024, averaging 23 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| December 23, 2024 | Grade B | 17 pts |
| October 30, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
| March 28, 2024 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| February 2, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 31 pts |
Uncle Ng's Recipe vs Sunset Park East
Sunset Park East runs 73% clean across 361 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 35 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 361 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park East, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 December 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.