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Kennedy Fried Chicken
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score41 pts
- critical violations5
- last inspectedJanuary 27, 2025
- address286 East 149 Street, Bronx 10451
- cuisineChicken
- phone3478854902
Is Kennedy Fried Chicken clean?
Kennedy Fried Chicken is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 27, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Kennedy Fried Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth 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.
- 🐛pest / contamination issuecriticalProperly scaled and calibrated thermometer or thermocouple not provided or not readily accessible in food preparation and hot/cold holding areas to measure temperatures of TCS foods during cooking, cooling, reheating, and holding.
- 🤒sick worker near the foodcriticalFood 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.
- 🗑️garbage situation out of pocketPesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
When was Kennedy Fried Chicken last inspected?
Kennedy Fried Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2023, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
| January 27, 2025 | Grade C | 41 pts |
| October 28, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 34 pts |
| August 28, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| July 12, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
Kennedy Fried Chicken vs Melrose South-Mott Haven North
Melrose South-Mott Haven North runs 82% clean across 101 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 2 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 101 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose South-Mott Haven North, this one comes out cleaner than 7% 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 January 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.