El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant

2845 Short Vine St, Cincinnati, OH 45219

Perfect · Sep 23, 2026 Directions

Excellent

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 Sep 23, 2026: perfect, no violations.
Keeps coming up: Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment, cited 3 times, plus 5 other repeat issues.
2 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 7 visits

2026
Perfect Sep 23

Complaint Inspection

No violations
Passed Aug 24

Follow-Up Inspection

No violations
Passed Aug 18

Routine Inspection
6 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
- Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
- Minor Controlling Pests
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
- Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
- Minor Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination
2025
Passed Aug 18

Routine Inspection
7 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- Minor Controlling Pests
- Minor Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
- Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
- Minor Equipment, Utensils, Linens - Storage
- Minor Using Dressing Rooms and Lockers
- Minor Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination

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