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Sushi & Bento By Mr. Lim / The Sling Bar
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score11 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 26, 2026
- address135 West 50 Street, Manhattan 10020
- cuisineJapanese
- phone9162932688
Is Sushi & Bento By Mr. Lim / The Sling Bar clean?
Sushi & Bento By Mr. Lim / The Sling Bar is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 26, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sushi & Bento By Mr. Lim / The Sling Bar?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothscriticalWiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
When was Sushi & Bento By Mr. Lim / The Sling Bar last inspected?
Sushi & Bento By Mr. Lim / The Sling Bar has 4 inspections on record going back to December 15, 2023, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2026 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| June 20, 2024 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| January 30, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| December 15, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 40 pts |
Sushi & Bento By Mr. Lim / The Sling Bar vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.
Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 March 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.