Kennedy Fried Chicken

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score7 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 23, 2025
• address1429 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn 11226
• cuisineChicken
• phone7182246030

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 May 23, 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 May 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• 🛠️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 2 inspections on record going back to February 26, 2024, averaging 10 points.

Kennedy Fried Chicken vs Erasmus

Erasmus runs 75% clean across 96 tracked restaurants — 65 clean, 3 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 96 spots Cooked tracks in Erasmus, this one comes out cleaner than 78% 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 May 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.