Popeyes Louisiana Chicken

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 5, 2026
• address2779 86 Street, Brooklyn 11223
• cuisineChicken
• phone3478666877

Is Popeyes Louisiana Chicken clean?

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 5, 2026. 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 Popeyes Louisiana Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 5, 2026, 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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🪰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.

When was Popeyes Louisiana Chicken last inspected?

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken has 5 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2023, averaging 17 points.

Popeyes Louisiana Chicken vs Gravesend

Gravesend runs 76% clean across 36 tracked restaurants — 26 clean, 0 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 36 spots Cooked tracks in Gravesend, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.