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Kennedy Chicken & Pizza
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 20, 2025
- address1708 University Avenue, Bronx 10453
- cuisineChicken
- phone7182075594
Is Kennedy Chicken & Pizza clean?
Kennedy Chicken & Pizza is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Kennedy Chicken & Pizza?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Kennedy Chicken & Pizza last inspected?
Kennedy Chicken & Pizza has 3 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2023, averaging 19 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| March 27, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 20, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 32 pts |
Kennedy Chicken & Pizza vs University Heights-Morris Heights
University Heights-Morris Heights runs 75% clean across 69 tracked restaurants — 40 clean, 5 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 69 spots Cooked tracks in University Heights-Morris Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.