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Viva La Dough
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 21, 2025
- address501 Avenue M, Brooklyn 11230
- cuisineBakery Products/Desserts
- phone9173308253
Is Viva La Dough clean?
Viva La Dough is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 21, 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 Viva La Dough?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup offSingle service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
When was Viva La Dough last inspected?
Viva La Dough has 1 inspection on record going back to December 21, 2025, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
Viva La Dough vs Ocean Parkway South
Ocean Parkway South runs 77% clean across 25 tracked restaurants — 17 clean, 0 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 25 spots Cooked tracks in Ocean Parkway South, this one comes out cleaner than 77% of them.
Other spots in Ocean Parkway South
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 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.