Kennedy Fried Chicken

• last posted gradeGrade B · February 6, 2024
• inspection score69 pts
• critical violations7
• last inspectedSeptember 9, 2025 →
• address3275 Westchester Avenue, Bronx 10461
• cuisineChicken
• phone6466700783

Is Kennedy Fried Chicken clean?

Kennedy Fried Chicken is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on September 9, 2025. That inspection scored 69 points and cited 7 critical violations. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected. The last grade the city posted here was B on February 6, 2024, before the closure.

What did inspectors find at Kennedy Fried Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 9, 2025, 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.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🌡️food-temperature slipcritical
  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.
• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Dishwashing and ware washing: Cleaning and sanitizing of tableware, including dishes, utensils, and equipment deficient.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐛pest / contamination issuecritical
  Properly 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.
• 🪰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.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.

When was Kennedy Fried Chicken last inspected?

Kennedy Fried Chicken has 4 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2023, averaging 43 points.

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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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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 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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