Bushwick Health Food Eatery Shuttered By Health Inspectors

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — A Bushwick juice bar that promises “healthful, unprocessed food, that you can relish without any guilt” was shut down by health inspectors last week, city records show.

Fuel Juice Bar on Broadway near Stockton Street was shut down Thursday when Health inspectors found four critical violations in its kitchen, records show.

Health inspectors awarded Fuel Juice Bar 52 violation points — well above the 28 minimum for a C grade — after they found food unprotected from contamination, equipment improperly sanitized and counters that built in the wrong space with the wrong materials, records show.

It was the third time the health food restaurant earned a failing grade in the past three months — inspectors gave the eatery 45 violation points in January and 86 in October 2017, according to city records.

This is one of two Fuel Juice Bar outposts in Brooklyn, both of which serve organic salads, bowls, wraps cold-pressed juices and boast “a mission to provide healthy food and drink options in a warm and comfortable atmosphere,” on the restaurants' shared Facebook page.

“We’re series (sic) about nutrition and using organic produce to fuel your health,” owners wrote. “There is a need for real food that’s unprocessed, helps fight diseases and promotes better health.”

Fuel Juice Bar founder Jorge Herrera told Patch in an email that temporarily closed its doors to "to resolve an issue regarding the other business we have in the back of the store."

Photo courtesy of GoogleMaps/Oct. 2017