Bru Burger Bar

41 E 6th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Passed re-check · Aug 13, 2026 Directions
61
Poor BiteKarma score 61 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 Aug 13, 2026: passed with 1 violation.
  • Keeps coming up: Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition, cited 4 times, plus 4 other repeat issues.
  • 14 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 6 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Aug 13

    Follow-Up Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Other Forms of Information
  3. Passed Jul 29

    Routine Inspection

    10 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Consumer Advisory - Consumer Advisory
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition
    • Minor Thawing TCS
    • Minor Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
    • Minor Single-Service Articles and Single-Use Articles - Storage
    • Minor Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
    • Minor Other Forms of Information
    • Minor Frequency of Laundering - Specifications
  4. 2025
  5. Passed Dec 9

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Consumer Advisory - Consumer Advisory
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Cold Holding
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition
    • Minor Person in Charge Certification in Food Protection FSO
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
  6. Passed Aug 19

    Routine Inspection

    5 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Cleanser - Availability
    • Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions

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