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Chirping Chicken
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedSeptember 22, 2025
- address1560 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10028
- cuisineChicken
- phone2125179888
Is Chirping Chicken clean?
Chirping Chicken is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 22, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Chirping Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Chirping Chicken last inspected?
Chirping Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2023, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| February 4, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 11, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
| March 19, 2024 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| June 5, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 37 pts |
Chirping Chicken vs Yorkville
Yorkville runs 83% clean across 240 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 12 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 240 spots Cooked tracks in Yorkville, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 September 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.