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Medina Fried Chicken & Indian Cuisine
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score33 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 19, 2025
- address76-17 101 Avenue, Queens 11416
- cuisineChicken
- phone7186590652
Is Medina Fried Chicken & Indian Cuisine clean?
Medina Fried Chicken & Indian Cuisine is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 19, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — 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 Medina Fried Chicken & Indian Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰facility hygiene issuecriticalNo approved written standard operating procedure for avoiding contamination by refillable returnable containers.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
When was Medina Fried Chicken & Indian Cuisine last inspected?
Medina Fried Chicken & Indian Cuisine has 6 inspections on record going back to May 31, 2023, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 9, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| August 19, 2025 | Grade C | 33 pts |
| January 16, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| October 17, 2024 | — | |
| March 25, 2024 | Grade B | 17 pts |
| May 31, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 30 pts |
Medina Fried Chicken & Indian Cuisine vs Woodhaven
Woodhaven runs 77% clean across 111 tracked restaurants — 78 clean, 8 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 111 spots Cooked tracks in Woodhaven, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 August 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.