Restaurant Closures This Week

Department of Health inspections from February 24 to February 25 found 2 businesses with critical violations in cleanliness and sanitation. The businesses below were ordered closed, but may reopen once violations have been corrected.

Learn more about the inspection process from nyc.gov and search the Department of Health inspection database for full details on any establishment that serves food.

El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant in Manhattan

209 EAST 116 STREET

Violations

• Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies.
• Sewage disposal system improper or unapproved.
• Live roaches present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.

Kennedy Fried Chicken in The Bronx

1708 UNIVERSITY AVE

Violations

• Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.