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The Chicken Shack
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 3, 2025
- address36-19 Broadway, Queens 11106
- cuisineChicken
- phone7187213035
Is The Chicken Shack clean?
The Chicken Shack is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 3, 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 The Chicken Shack?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 3, 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.
When was The Chicken Shack last inspected?
The Chicken Shack has 9 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2022, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 3, 2025 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| September 3, 2025 | Grade C | 0 pts |
| August 27, 2025 | closed by the city | 27 pts |
| August 25, 2025 | closed by the city | 27 pts |
| August 21, 2025 | closed by the city | 54 pts |
| August 26, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 16 pts |
| May 8, 2024 | Grade B | 23 pts |
| December 6, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| December 7, 2022 | Grade B | 23 pts |
The Chicken Shack vs Astoria
Astoria runs 74% clean across 503 tracked restaurants — 326 clean, 39 mid, 76 cooked.
Against the 503 spots Cooked tracks in Astoria, this one comes out cleaner than 84% 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 December 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.