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Brown Butter Creamery

375 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216

Frozen Desserts Bedford (917) 334-2518

Grade A · as of Aug 26, 2025

Brown Butter Creamery was last inspected on August 26, 2025 and scored 9 points (A range). Inspectors found 3 violations, 1 of them critical.

Latest inspection

August 26, 2025 · Cycle Inspection · Initial Inspection

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Score: 9 points (A range)

1 critical2 general
  • CriticalHygiene & sanitation

    Workers’ personal hygiene was inadequate (dirty clothing, no hair restraint, jewelry).

    Official wording (code 06A)

    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.

  • GeneralFacility upkeep

    Ventilation was missing or broken, letting grease, heat, or fumes build up.

    Official wording (code 10D)

    Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.

  • GeneralFacility upkeep

    Plumbing was missing protection against backflow, or floors didn’t drain properly.

    Official wording (code 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.

ABSep 15, 2022: 8822/09Dec 28, 2023: 5523/12Aug 26, 2025: 9925/08
Inspection scores over time. Lower is better: 0–13 is an A, 14–27 a B, 28 or more a C.

Inspection history

3 inspections on record

  1. A 5 points (A range)

    Cycle Inspection · Initial Inspection

    1 critical Show violations
    • CriticalFood handling

      No working thermometer was available to check food temperatures.

      Official wording (code 04J)

      Properly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.

  2. A 8 points (A range)

    Pre-permit (Operational) · Re-inspection

    1 critical Show violations
    • CriticalHygiene & sanitation

      Food or supplies weren’t protected from contamination during storage, prep, or service.

      Official wording (code 06C)

      Food, supplies, and equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.

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Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) open data, refreshed hourly. Last inspection 14 months ago. Always confirm with the official record.