Kennedy Pizza & Chicken

• last posted gradeGrade A · March 13, 2018
• inspection score51 pts
• critical violations4
• last inspectedOctober 3, 2018 →
• address294 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn 11216
• cuisineChicken
• phone7186381115

Is Kennedy Pizza & Chicken clean?

Kennedy Pizza & Chicken is currently listed as closed by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), as of its inspection on October 3, 2018. That inspection scored 51 points and cited 4 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 A on March 13, 2018, before the closure.

What did inspectors find at Kennedy Pizza & Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display or service.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot food item not held at or above 140º F.

When was Kennedy Pizza & Chicken last inspected?

Kennedy Pizza & Chicken has 7 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2015, averaging 23 points.

Kennedy Pizza & Chicken vs Bedford

Bedford runs 79% clean across 206 tracked restaurants — 142 clean, 10 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 206 spots Cooked tracks in Bedford, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 October 3, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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