Wetzel's Pretzels

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2025 →
• address139 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn 11217
• cuisineHotdogs/Pretzels
• phone7183983200

Is Wetzel's Pretzels clean?

Wetzel's Pretzels is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 27, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Wetzel's Pretzels?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.

When was Wetzel's Pretzels last inspected?

Wetzel's Pretzels has 3 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2023, averaging 8 points.

Wetzel's Pretzels vs Fort Greene

Fort Greene runs 76% clean across 151 tracked restaurants — 104 clean, 9 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 151 spots Cooked tracks in Fort Greene, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 August 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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