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John's Fried Chicken
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score24 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedAugust 29, 2025
- address512 West 207 Street, Manhattan 10034
- cuisineChicken
- phone2125676489
Is John's Fried Chicken clean?
John's Fried Chicken is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 29, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at John's Fried Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcriticalAfter cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
When was John's Fried Chicken last inspected?
John's Fried Chicken has 9 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2023, averaging 37 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 2, 2026 | — | |
| February 17, 2026 | — | |
| August 29, 2025 | Grade B | 24 pts |
| April 28, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| May 16, 2024 | Grade C | 5 pts |
| May 14, 2024 | closed by the city | 17 pts |
| May 8, 2024 | closed by the city | 116 pts |
| December 1, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 34 pts |
| November 16, 2023 | — |
John's Fried Chicken vs Marble Hill-Inwood
Marble Hill-Inwood runs 74% clean across 142 tracked restaurants — 92 clean, 8 mid, 24 cooked.
Against the 142 spots Cooked tracks in Marble Hill-Inwood, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 August 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.