Kennedy Fried Chicken

• gradeGrade A ⏳
• grade postedFebruary 24, 2025
• inspection score33 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2026 →
• address2310 Grand Concourse, Bronx 10458
• cuisineChicken
• phone7183294139

Is Kennedy Fried Chicken clean?

Kennedy Fried Chicken currently carries Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). It was posted on February 24, 2025 and still stands. The place has been inspected again since — on August 13, 2026 scoring 33 points — but NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not ruled on that visit, so no new grade has been issued. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder the posted grade reads clean 😇; the numbers above come from the newer visit.

What did inspectors find at Kennedy Fried Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🤒sick worker near the foodcritical
  Food worker/food vendor does not use utensil or other barrier to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth 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.
• 🌡️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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Kennedy Fried Chicken last inspected?

Kennedy Fried Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to September 19, 2022, averaging 15 points.

Kennedy Fried Chicken vs Fordham South

Fordham South runs 75% clean across 66 tracked restaurants — 45 clean, 7 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 66 spots Cooked tracks in Fordham South, this one comes out cleaner than 90% 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 August 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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