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RICHARD'S CARIBBEAN CAFE
9606 AVENUE L Brooklyn NY 11236
Health Inspection: violations
Score: 44
Official health department data. Inspected 2026-07-27; refreshed 2026-10-12. May lag the official record. Check the official source
8 findings at the latest imported inspection (2026-07-27), including 5 critical violations. These dated findings do not mean the establishment failed overall or that issues remain unresolved.
Inspection history and recorded findings
2026-07-27: Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
Score: 44. Violations were cited in the following area(s).
- Not Critical: 08A — Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- Critical: 02B — Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- Critical: 03A — Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
- Critical: 04A — Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- Critical: 04K — Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- Critical: 04N — Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- Not Critical: 08B — Garbage receptacle not pest or water resistant, with tight-fitting lids, and covered except while in active use. Garbage receptacle and cover not cleaned after emptying and prior to reuse. Garbage, refuse and other solid and liquid waste not collected, stored, removed and disposed of so as to prevent a nuisance.
- Not Critical: 10B — 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.
Inspection results are separate from diner opinions. Favorable overall ratings do not negate individual findings.
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