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Shah's Express / Castle Chicken
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 21, 2025
- address5987 Broadway, Bronx 10471
- cuisineMiddle Eastern
- phone9095665391
Is Shah's Express / Castle Chicken clean?
Shah's Express / Castle Chicken is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 21, 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 Shah's Express / Castle Chicken?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🛠️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.
When was Shah's Express / Castle Chicken last inspected?
Shah's Express / Castle Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to September 4, 2024, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| October 25, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
| September 4, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
Shah's Express / Castle Chicken vs Spuyten Duyvil-Kingsbridge
Spuyten Duyvil-Kingsbridge runs 83% clean across 109 tracked restaurants — 85 clean, 11 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 109 spots Cooked tracks in Spuyten Duyvil-Kingsbridge, this one comes out cleaner than 43% 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 April 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.