Kennedy Fried Chicken

• official resultScore 27
• score27 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Compliance Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings4

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Failed findings

• 🌡️food-temperature slipcritical
  Official wording: Hot TCS food item that has been cooked and cooled is being held for service without first being reheated to 165º F or above within 2 hours.
  code 02CCriticalstatus: Critical
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Official wording: Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
  code 04ACriticalstatus: Critical
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Official wording: Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
  code 04KCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Official wording: 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.
  code 04NCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
  code 08Astatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with C on January 27, 2025: Score changed by -14 points. 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.