Charles Pan-Fried Chicken

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 7, 2026 →
• address439 West 125 Street, Manhattan 10027
• cuisineChicken
• phone6466180438

Is Charles Pan-Fried Chicken clean?

Charles Pan-Fried Chicken is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 7, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Charles Pan-Fried Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.

When was Charles Pan-Fried Chicken last inspected?

Charles Pan-Fried Chicken has 8 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2023, averaging 23 points.

Charles Pan-Fried Chicken vs Morningside Heights

Morningside Heights runs 77% clean across 198 tracked restaurants — 133 clean, 13 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 198 spots Cooked tracks in Morningside Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 41% of them.

Other spots in Morningside Heights

• A Everett Cafe - Columbia University
  clean · May 7, 2026
• A Island Grill
  clean · August 5, 2025
• A Just Salad
  clean · March 10, 2025
• A Three Times
  clean · August 21, 2025
• A Manhattan School Of Music
  clean · October 30, 2025
• A Pinkberry
  clean · March 2, 2026

See every restaurant inspection in Morningside Heights →

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 May 7, 2026. 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.