8th Street Drive Thru

4209 W 8th St, Cincinnati, OH 45205

Passed · Oct 26, 2026 Directions
38
Poor BiteKarma score 38 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 7 of 7 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Oct 26, 2026: passed with 10 violations, 4 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking, cited 3 times, plus 5 other repeat issues.
  • #33 in Cincinnati's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 19 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 7 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 26

    Routine Inspection

    10 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils – Cleaning Frequency
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Food Contact with Equipment, Utensils, and Linens
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Minor Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
  3. Passed Jul 23

    Follow-Up Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
  4. Passed Jul 6

    Routine Inspection

    36 violations, 9 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Employee Health - Management and Personnel - Employee Health
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Demonstration of Knowledge
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils – Cleaning Frequency
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Sanitizing Frequency Utensils/Food Contact Surfaces - Before Use After Cleaning
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Manual/Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization Criteria
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Food Contact with Equipment, Utensils, and Linens
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Hands and arms - When to Wash
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Manual Warewashing - Sink Compartment Requirements
    • Minor Food temperature measuring devices.
    • Minor Drainboards
    • Minor Food Preparation - Preventing Contamination from the Premises
    • Minor Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Cleaning Frequency
    • Minor Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
    • Minor Equipment, Utensils, Linens - Storage
    • Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • Minor Approved System and Cleanable Fixtures
    • Minor Single-Service and Single-Use Articles - Characteristics
    • Minor Manual Warewashing - Sink Compartment Requirements
    • Minor Insect Control Devices - Design and Installation
    • Minor Repairing
    • Minor Areas, Enclosures, and Receptacles-Good Repair
    • Minor Equipment, Utensils, Linens - Storage
    • Minor Drying Mops
    • Minor Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures
    • Minor Rinsing procedures
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Single-Service Articles and Single-Use Articles - Storage
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Storing maintenance tools
    • Minor Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
    • Minor Clean linens.
    • Minor Other liquid waste and rainwater
  5. Passed Feb 25

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Critical Chemical - Storage: Separation
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food

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