Cooked?Velvet Lounge
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 14, 2025 →
- address174 Broadway, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineAmerican
- phone7183024427
Is Velvet Lounge clean?
Velvet Lounge is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 14, 2025. 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 Velvet Lounge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 14, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Velvet Lounge last inspected?
Velvet Lounge has 3 inspections on record going back to March 11, 2023, averaging 14 points.
May 14, 2025 A
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View full inspection →March 13, 2024 A
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View full inspection →March 11, 2023 Score 21
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View full inspection →Velvet Lounge 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 68% 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 May 14, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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