Kennedy Fried Chicken

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 26, 2025 →
• address726 East 152 Street, Bronx 10455
• cuisineChicken
• phone3475377648

Is Kennedy Fried Chicken clean?

Kennedy Fried Chicken is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 26, 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 Kennedy Fried Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋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 Fried Chicken last inspected?

Kennedy Fried Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to March 21, 2023, averaging 20 points.

Kennedy Fried Chicken vs Melrose South-Mott Haven North

Melrose South-Mott Haven North runs 81% clean across 102 tracked restaurants — 78 clean, 2 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 102 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose South-Mott Haven North, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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