Wow Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 14, 2026 →
• address12 Brighton 11 Street, Brooklyn 11235
• cuisineEastern European
• phone9292313131

Is Wow Cafe clean?

Wow Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 14, 2026. 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 Wow Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.

When was Wow Cafe last inspected?

Wow Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2023, averaging 31 points.

Wow Cafe vs Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach runs 68% clean across 79 tracked restaurants — 45 clean, 3 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 79 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 January 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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