Ahadu Market

3098 Queen City Av, Cincinnati, OH 45238

Passed re-check · Jun 17, 2026 Directions
42
Poor BiteKarma score 42 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 6 of 6 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Jun 17, 2026: passed with 5 violations, 2 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager, cited 3 times, plus 6 other repeat issues.
  • #44 in Cincinnati's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 19 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 6 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jun 17

    Follow-Up Inspection

    5 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Chemical - Poisonous/toxic material - Separation/Location on Retail Display Shelving
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
    • Minor Food Labeling - Allergens
    • Minor Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
  3. Passed May 13

    Routine Inspection

    29 violations, 13 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils – Cleaning Frequency
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Cleanser - Availability
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Food Contact with Equipment, Utensils, and Linens
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - duties
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Sanitizing Frequency Utensils/Food Contact Surfaces - Before Use After Cleaning
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Critical Chemical - Medicines - Restrictions and Storage
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Chemical - Other Personal care items - Storage
    • Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • Critical Chemical - First aid supplies - Storage
    • Minor Food Storage: Preventing Contamination from the Premises
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Food temperature measuring devices.
    • Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • Minor Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
    • Minor Indoor areas - surface characteristics
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Storing maintenance tools
    • Minor Standards of Identity
    • Minor Other Forms of Information
    • Minor Walls and ceilings - attachments
    • Minor Wiping Cloths - Air-Drying Locations
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
  4. Passed Feb 26

    Routine Inspection

    3 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Food from Approved Source - Food Safe, Unadulterated and Honestly Presented
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Food Labeling
  5. 2025
  6. Passed May 2

    Routine Inspection

    6 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
    • Critical Food from Approved Source - Sources - Compliance with Food Law
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
    • Minor Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation

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