Grade CMiddle Eastern

Karavan Grill

1311 AVENUE U, Brooklyn, 11229

Should you eat here?

Caution — pest-related violations found across multiple inspections, including the latest (9 months ago).

Last inspected Nov 3, 2025 · New York City health department

Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
Critical
Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
Critical
A staff hygiene issue, such as handwashing, glove use, or bare-hand contact with food.
Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
Critical
Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.
Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
Critical
A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.
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.

Date	Result	Type	Violations
Nov 3, 2025	Grade Pending	Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection	6 (4 critical)
Mar 18, 2025	Grade C	Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection	6 (4 critical)
May 16, 2024	Grade Pending	Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection	4 (3 critical)
Dec 27, 2022	Grade C	Cycle Inspection / Re-inspection	8 (6 critical)

Issues cited at more than one inspection — a better signal than any single visit.

4×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
3×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
3×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.
3×A cleanliness or sanitizing issue with surfaces, dishware, or the general premises.
3×An issue with how food is prepared, protected, or handled during service.
2×Food was not kept hot or cold enough. Wrong temperatures let bacteria grow.

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