Empire Iii

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score9 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedApril 27, 2026 →
• address1902 A C Powell Boulevard, Manhattan 10026
• cuisineChinese
• phone3476229308

Is Empire Iii clean?

Empire Iii is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 27, 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 Empire Iii?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Swollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE

When was Empire Iii last inspected?

Empire Iii has 5 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2024, averaging 23 points.

Empire Iii vs Central Harlem South

Central Harlem South runs 72% clean across 113 tracked restaurants — 76 clean, 9 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 113 spots Cooked tracks in Central Harlem South, this one comes out cleaner than 72% 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.

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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 April 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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