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Sambak Sambabjip
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score27 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedOctober 3, 2025
- address41-11 150 Street, Queens 11355
- cuisineKorean
- phone7184611212
Is Sambak Sambabjip clean?
Sambak Sambabjip is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Sambak Sambabjip?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food 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.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
When was Sambak Sambabjip last inspected?
Sambak Sambabjip has 5 inspections on record going back to May 11, 2023, averaging 36 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2025 | Grade B | 27 pts |
| October 24, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| May 26, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 13 pts |
| May 23, 2023 | closed by the city | 55 pts |
| May 11, 2023 | Grade C | 65 pts |
Sambak Sambabjip vs Murray Hill
Murray Hill runs 66% clean across 222 tracked restaurants — 131 clean, 24 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 222 spots Cooked tracks in Murray Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 11% 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 October 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.