Kennedy Chicken

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedSeptember 26, 2025
• inspection score32 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 28, 2026 →
• address78 Westchester Square, Bronx 10461
• cuisineChicken
• phone9597771466

Is Kennedy Chicken clean?

New York currently lists Kennedy Chicken as grade pending, following an inspection on September 28, 2026 that scored 32 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was A on September 26, 2025.

What did inspectors find at Kennedy Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold 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.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
  Roaches were cited at this visit · September 28, 2026.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.

When was Kennedy Chicken last inspected?

Kennedy Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to May 17, 2024, averaging 23 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Kennedy Chicken vs Van Nest-Morris Park-Westchester Square

Van Nest-Morris Park-Westchester Square runs 78% clean across 103 tracked restaurants — 73 clean, 5 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 103 spots Cooked tracks in Van Nest-Morris Park-Westchester Square, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 September 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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