Hood Cleaning in Washington Heights

Washington Heights is the heart of NYC's Dominican dining scene — from bustling restaurants on St. Nicholas Avenue to bakeries and juice bars throughout the neighborhood. Empire Hoods provides bilingual service to this vibrant community.

Dominican cuisine involves heavy use of deep frying — from chicharrones and tostones to empanadas and pollo frito — which generates significant grease vapor and rapid buildup inside hood systems. Restaurants along St. Nicholas Avenue, Broadway, and Dyckman Street often run their fryers from early morning through late evening, which means their exhaust systems work harder and accumulate grease faster than kitchens using lower-heat cooking methods. NFPA 96 classifies heavy-frying operations as high-volume, typically requiring monthly hood cleaning to stay compliant.

Empire Hoods provides fully bilingual service to the Washington Heights community. From the initial phone call to the cleaning itself to the compliance documentation, everything is available in Spanish. Our teams know the neighborhood's building stock — the pre-war apartment buildings along Riverside Drive, the commercial strips along St. Nicholas and Broadway, and the mixed-use buildings throughout Inwood. We schedule around your busiest hours and work efficiently so your kitchen is ready for the next day's service.