Cooked?Express African Halal Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 24, 2025 →
- address270 East 165 Street, Bronx 10456
- cuisineAfrican
- phone3472349455
Is Express African Halal Restaurant clean?
Express African Halal Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 24, 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 Express African Halal Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
When was Express African Halal Restaurant last inspected?
Express African Halal Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to October 24, 2023, averaging 13 points.
July 24, 2025 A
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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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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 July 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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