Curnayn's Tavern

4515 W 8th St, Cincinnati, OH 45238

Passed re-check · May 7, 2026 Directions
68
Poor BiteKarma score 68 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 May 7, 2026: passed with 3 violations, 1 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch, cited 3 times, plus 12 other repeat issues.
  • 15 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 6 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed May 7

    Follow-Up Inspection

    3 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Minor Distressed Merchandise: Segregation and Location
    • Minor Fixed equipment installation - Spacing or Sealing
  3. Passed Apr 23

    Follow-Up Inspection

    15 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Signage
    • Minor Floor carpeting - restrictions and installation
    • Minor Cleaning Maintenance Tools- Preventing Contamination
    • Minor Distressed Merchandise: Segregation and Location
    • Minor Existing Facilities and Equipment-Requirements for Replacement
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
    • Minor Drying Mops
    • Minor Storing maintenance tools
    • Minor Floors, walls and ceilings - utility lines
    • Minor Preventing a Cross Connection
    • Minor Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures
    • Minor Indoor areas - surface characteristics
    • Minor Equipment Openings - Closures and Deflectors
  4. Passed Mar 29

    Follow-Up Inspection

    31 violations, 9 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Cooking and Baking Equipment - Cleaning Frequency
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing facility - Installation
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Assignment of Responsibility
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Manual/Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization Criteria
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Hands and arms - Where to Wash
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Demonstration of Knowledge
    • Critical Employee Health - Management and Personnel - Employee Health
    • Minor Equipment, Utensils, Linens - Storage
    • Minor Food Storage: Preventing Contamination from the Premises
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Food Contact Surfaces Cleanability
    • Minor Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
    • Minor Toilet rooms - enclosed
    • Minor Pressure
    • Minor Backflow Prevention- Air Gap: Water Supply Inlet
    • Minor Materials- Approved
    • Minor Wall and ceiling - coverings and coatings
    • Minor Outdoor walking and driving surfaces - graded to drain
    • Minor Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed
    • Minor Other liquid waste and rainwater
    • Minor Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures
    • Minor Display of License
    • Minor Facilities: Floor covering - mats and duckboards
    • Minor Washing fruits and vegetables
    • Minor Food temperature measuring devices.
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Floors, walls, and ceilings
    • Minor Existing Facilities and Equipment-Requirements for Replacement
    • Minor Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
  5. Passed Mar 11

    Routine Inspection

    20 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Sanitizing Frequency Utensils/Food Contact Surfaces - Before Use After Cleaning
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing facilities - Numbers and Capacities
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Minor Distribution, Delivery, Retention- System
    • Minor Other liquid waste and rainwater
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
    • Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • Minor Facilities: Floor covering - mats and duckboards
    • Minor Indoor Storage Area
    • Minor Approval of Facility Layout and Equipment Specifications
    • Minor Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed
    • Minor Floors, walls, and ceilings
    • Minor Conveying sewage
    • Minor Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed
    • Minor Kitchenware and Tableware - Handling
    • Minor Cutting surfaces.
    • Minor Floor carpeting - restrictions and installation
    • Minor Kitchenware and Tableware - Handling
    • Minor Plumbing System- Maintained in Good Repair
    • Minor Outer Openings - Protected

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