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Grade AMexican

Mezcal's

223 5 AVENUE, Brooklyn, 11215

Should you eat here?

Caution — pest-related violations found across multiple inspections, including the latest (8 months ago).

Last inspected Nov 19, 2025 · New York City health department

What the inspector found on Nov 19, 2025

  • 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

Inspection history

DateResultTypeViolations
Nov 19, 2025Grade ACycle Inspection / Initial Inspection2 (1 critical)
Jun 14, 2025Grade PendingInter-Agency Task Force / Initial Inspection0
Aug 22, 2024Grade ACycle Inspection / Re-inspection3 (2 critical)
Aug 30, 2023Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection3 (2 critical)
Feb 9, 2023Grade ACycle Inspection / Re-inspection4 (1 critical)
Nov 30, 2022Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection5 (3 critical)

Problems that keep coming back

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×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
  • 2×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.

Around this address

City records for the building itself, not this restaurant’s inspection.

  • 11 rodent inspections on record, 6 finding rat activity.
  • 1 recent 311 complaint filed at this address.

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