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Yia Yia's Taverna
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 7, 2025
- address1035 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn 11237
- cuisineGreek
- phone7188215900
Is Yia Yia's Taverna clean?
Yia Yia's Taverna is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 7, 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 Yia Yia's Taverna?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Yia Yia's Taverna last inspected?
Yia Yia's Taverna has 5 inspections on record going back to June 21, 2022, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| November 14, 2024 | Grade C | 32 pts |
| June 6, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
| January 9, 2023 | Grade B | 22 pts |
| June 21, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
Yia Yia's Taverna vs Bushwick North
Bushwick North runs 78% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 226 clean, 18 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Bushwick North, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 April 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.