Mouse Foie Gras And Terrine Of Flies

What do Bouley and Danny & Pepper’s Jerk Chicken Express have in common? They both failed their health inspection this past year:

The number of city eateries that flunked food inspections jumped 17 percent over the past year — with some famous and highly rated Big Apple restaurants landing on the dreaded dirty list, The Post has learned.

About one in six of the 27,158 restaurants, bars and park vendors — including such notables as the top Zagat-rated French eatery Bouley in TriBeCa and the legendary Sylvia’s in Harlem — failed the hygiene test, according to inspections conducted by city Department of Health workers.

The eateries were slapped with a total of $17.3 million in fines.

The number of initial food inspections increased by 11 percent, as more new eateries opened. Even so, the rise in failures exceeded the rise in inspections.

The worst eatery in the city, according to the health-inspection rules, is Danny & Pepper’s Jerk Chicken Express on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, which accumulated 20 infractions totaling 193 points.

Establishments with violations totaling 28 or more points fail their inspections and require re-inspection.

Inspectors found rats, mice and flies feasted at Danny & Pepper’s. And violations were issued for dirty restrooms and failing to monitor temperatures of “potentially hazardous food.”