Cooked?Dim Sum Palace
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New visit. Decision pending.
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) has not posted a settled grade for this visit.
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score34 pts
- critical violations7
- last inspectedOctober 13, 2026 →
- address28 West 56 Street, Manhattan 10019
- cuisineChinese
- phone7186979925
Is Dim Sum Palace clean?
New York currently lists Dim Sum Palace as grade pending, following an inspection on October 13, 2026 that scored 34 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.
What did inspectors find at Dim Sum Palace?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.Roaches were cited at this visit · October 13, 2026.
- 🌡️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.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🧫equipment / surface issuecriticalSwollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🌡️food-temperature slipcriticalMeat, fish, molluscan shellfish, unpasteurized raw shell eggs, poultry or other TCS offered or served raw or undercooked and written notice not provided to consumer.
When was Dim Sum Palace last inspected?
Dim Sum Palace has 1 inspection on record going back to October 13, 2026, averaging 34 points.
October 13, 2026 Score 34
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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.
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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 October 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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