Cedeao African Diner

• gradeGrade C ⏳
• grade postedMarch 11, 2025
• inspection score25 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 2, 2025 →
• address507 East 163 Street, Bronx 10451
• cuisineAfrican
• phone7186180485

Is Cedeao African Diner clean?

Cedeao African Diner currently carries Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on March 11, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on October 2, 2025 scoring 25 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads cooked 🪳; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Cedeao African Diner?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🚰facility hygiene issuecritical
  No approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
• ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  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.

When was Cedeao African Diner last inspected?

Cedeao African Diner has 3 inspections on record going back to January 21, 2025, averaging 35 points.

Cedeao African Diner vs Morrisania-Melrose

Morrisania-Melrose runs 80% clean across 49 tracked restaurants — 36 clean, 2 mid, 7 cooked.

Against the 49 spots Cooked tracks in Morrisania-Melrose, this one comes out cleaner than 9% of them.

Other spots in Morrisania-Melrose

• A Au Bon Pain
  clean · July 24, 2026
• A D Giovanis Big Pizza
  clean · July 9, 2026
• ⏳ El Real Pica Pollo Dominicano Restaurant Corp.
  cooked · March 10, 2025
• ? Pizza Express
  not rated
• A Sabor De Mi Abuela Restaurant 1
  clean · April 22, 2026
• C El Maco Restaurant
  cooked · July 29, 2026

See every restaurant inspection in Morrisania-Melrose →

How New York grades restaurants

New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.

Read the New York ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

check your own block 📸

Cooked covers 10 cities on official inspection data — see who's clean, mid, or cooked near you.