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Empire Express Kitchen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 17, 2025
- address3482 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx 10465
- cuisineSeafood
- phone7188282919
Is Empire Express Kitchen clean?
Empire Express Kitchen is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 17, 2025. 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 Empire Express Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️dishwashing setup offSingle 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.
- 🛠️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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Empire Express Kitchen last inspected?
Empire Express Kitchen has 4 inspections on record going back to March 23, 2023, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| November 5, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
| July 31, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| March 23, 2023 | Grade A | 2 pts |
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Schuylerville-Throgs Neck-Edgewater Park runs 82% clean across 110 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 6 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 110 spots Cooked tracks in Schuylerville-Throgs Neck-Edgewater Park, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 December 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.