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Rico's Chicken
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 6, 2025
- address74-27 Metropolitan Avenue, Queens 11379
- cuisineChicken
- phone7188061705
Is Rico's Chicken clean?
Rico's Chicken is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 6, 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 Rico's Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
When was Rico's Chicken last inspected?
Rico's Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to January 10, 2023, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| December 5, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 18 pts |
| January 10, 2023 | Grade B | 20 pts |
Rico's Chicken vs Middle Village
Middle Village runs 79% clean across 61 tracked restaurants — 44 clean, 4 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 61 spots Cooked tracks in Middle Village, this one comes out cleaner than 79% 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 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.