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Bowl movement: Health inspectors shut 4.8-star Bushwick bowl shop over 4 critical violations

The Wilson Avenue bowl shop has more than 100 five-star Google reviews. City inspectors closed it Oct. 28 on its first inspection and scored it 102 points, the most of the 11 restaurants shut citywide that week. An A takes fewer than 14.

Four images: a gloved hand holding a falafel bowl with hummus, chickpeas, pickles and rice; a card reading 'Bushwick Restaurant Closed After Failed Health Inspection' above the four critical violations from the city's Oct. 28, 2026 inspection record; the restaurant's lit storefront at its grand opening, hung with green balloons; and a padlock on the restaurant's door beside scraps of a yellow sticker, under a Google rating card reading 4.8 stars from 118 reviews.

Bowl movement: Health inspectors shut 4.8-star Bushwick bowl shop over 4 critical violations

The Wilson Avenue bowl shop has more than 100 five-star Google reviews. City inspectors closed it Oct. 28 on its first inspection and scored it 102 points, the most of the 11 restaurants shut citywide that week. An A takes fewer than 14.

Bowl movement: Health inspectors shut 4.8-star Bushwick bowl shop over 4 critical violations
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Pure Bowl & Go, a Mediterranean bowl shop at 149 Wilson Ave. in Bushwick, averages 4.8 out of 5 stars on Google, with more than 100 five-star reviews. City health inspectors shut it down on Wednesday, Oct. 28.

The inspection came to 102 violation points; an A takes fewer than 14. No other restaurant the city shut from Oct. 28 to Nov. 5 scored worse. What inspectors found inside included four violations the Health Department marks critical, the kind it says are most likely to contribute to foodborne illness, on the restaurant’s first inspection on record. It cannot reopen until it passes another.

In all, inspectors cited six sanitary violations. Three fall under rules on bathroom hygiene and plumbing: food workers washing their hands thoroughly after using the toilet and a working hand-washing sink in or next to the toilet room and near food preparation, both critical, and back-flow devices, drains and a sewage disposal system that work, which is not. Inspectors also cited no manager holding a food-safety certificate and no written procedure for refillable containers, both critical, and deficient dishwashing, which is not. None of the six involved pests.

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