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Chicken Spot
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 6, 2025
- address495 East 138 Street, Bronx 10454
- cuisineAmerican
- phone3476040506
Is Chicken Spot clean?
Chicken Spot is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 6, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Chicken Spot?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Chicken Spot last inspected?
Chicken Spot has 4 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2023, averaging 25 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| August 6, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| July 29, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 54 pts |
| November 16, 2023 | Grade A | 6 pts |
Chicken Spot vs Mott Haven-Port Morris
Mott Haven-Port Morris runs 70% clean across 136 tracked restaurants — 87 clean, 9 mid, 28 cooked.
Against the 136 spots Cooked tracks in Mott Haven-Port Morris, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.
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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.
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 August 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.