Wadadli Jerk

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 8, 2025
• address419 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn 11216
• cuisineLatin American
• phone9176871508

Is Wadadli Jerk clean?

Wadadli Jerk is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 8, 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 Wadadli Jerk?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  Food contact surface, refillable, reusable containers, or equipment improperly constructed, placed or maintained. Unacceptable material used. Culinary sink or other acceptable method not provided for washing food.

When was Wadadli Jerk last inspected?

Wadadli Jerk has 3 inspections on record going back to June 1, 2023, averaging 31 points.

Wadadli Jerk vs Bedford

Bedford runs 79% clean across 203 tracked restaurants — 141 clean, 13 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 203 spots Cooked tracks in Bedford, 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 May 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.