Biagio's Bistro

308 Ludlow Av, Cincinnati, OH 45220

Passed · Jun 11, 2026 Directions
57
Poor BiteKarma score 57 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 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Jun 11, 2026: passed with 12 violations, 8 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events, cited 2 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.
  • 14 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jun 11

    Routine Inspection

    12 violations, 8 critical
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Demonstration of Knowledge
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Cold Holding
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands: Bare Hand Contact RTE Food
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
  3. 2025
  4. Passed Dec 15

    Routine Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Single-Service Articles and Single-Use Articles - Storage
  5. Passed Jun 25

    Routine Inspection

    8 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Employee Health - Person in Charge - Duties
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing facility - Installation
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Minor Other Forms of Information
    • Minor Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
  6. Passed Jan 28

    Routine Inspection

    1 violation, 1 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Preventing Contamination by Separation, Packaging, and Segregation

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