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Zaca Cafe
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score5 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 25, 2025
- address426 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, Brooklyn 11221
- cuisineFrench
- phone7184432500
Is Zaca Cafe clean?
Zaca Cafe is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Zaca Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 25, 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.
When was Zaca Cafe last inspected?
Zaca Cafe has 5 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2023, averaging 38 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 15, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 69 pts |
| March 25, 2025 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| February 18, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
| March 13, 2024 | Grade C | 36 pts |
| May 1, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 48 pts |
Zaca Cafe vs Stuyvesant Heights
Stuyvesant Heights runs 79% clean across 155 tracked restaurants — 108 clean, 8 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 155 spots Cooked tracks in Stuyvesant Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 80% 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 March 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.