?

Empire Soul Food Restaurant

March 31, 2025 · Score 69

🫥not rated

official resultScore 69
score69 pts
inspection typePre-permit (Non-operational) / Re-inspection
failed findings4
critical findings3

Failed findings

facility hygiene issuecritical

Official wording: Harmful noxious gas or vapor detected. Carbon Monoxide (CO) level exceeds nine (9) ppm
code 05BCriticalstatus: Critical
facility hygiene issuecritical

Official wording: No approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
code 05HCriticalstatus: Critical
food left out / unprotectedcritical

Official wording: Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
code 06CCriticalstatus: Critical
facility / equipment issue

Official wording: Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
code 10Dstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Score 118 on March 18, 2025: Score changed by -49 points. 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

See every restaurant in Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds →

About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.