Fiction Bar/Cafe

308 Hooper Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Passed re-check · Jan 27, 2025 Directions
88
Good BiteKarma score 88 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2022.
  • Last inspected Jan 27, 2025: passed with 4 violations, 2 critical. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Food-contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred, cited 4 times, plus 2 other repeat issues.
  • 2 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Jan 27

    Cycle Inspection

    4 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred
    • Critical Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas
    • Minor Dishwashing and warewashing: cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient
    • Minor Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Oct 18

    Cycle Inspection

    2 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred
    • Minor Single-service article not provided. Single-service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device
  5. Passed Mar 12

    Cycle Inspection

    1 violation, 1 critical
    • Critical 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
  6. 2023
  7. Passed May 22

    Cycle Inspection

    2 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred
    • Minor Dishwashing and warewashing: cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient

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