Sweet Chick

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 8, 2025
• address178 Ludlow Street, Manhattan 10002
• cuisineChicken
• phone6466570233

Is Sweet Chick clean?

Sweet Chick is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 8, 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 Sweet Chick?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.
• 🛠️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.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Sweet Chick last inspected?

Sweet Chick has 3 inspections on record going back to April 19, 2023, averaging 15 points.

Sweet Chick vs Chinatown

Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.