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Bbf
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score19 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedAugust 21, 2025
- address177 Ludlow Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineJapanese
- phone7183875092
Is Bbf clean?
New York currently lists Bbf as grade pending, following an inspection on August 21, 2025 that scored 19 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was B on April 25, 2025.
What did inspectors find at Bbf?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧤food-handling slipcriticalTobacco or electronic cigarette use, eating, or drinking from open container in food preparation, food storage or dishwashing area.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
When was Bbf last inspected?
Bbf has 8 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2024, averaging 20 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| July 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| May 31, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| April 25, 2025 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| March 7, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| September 12, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 12 pts |
| August 27, 2024 | Grade C | 35 pts |
| May 2, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
Bbf 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 7% 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 August 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.