Francis International Market
4414 Colerain Av, Cincinnati, OH 45223
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 Oct 16, 2026: passed with 1 violation, 1 critical.
- Keeps coming up: Protection from Contamination - Food: Discarding Unsafe, Adulterated, or Contaminated Food/Embargo, cited 2 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.
- #47 in Cincinnati's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 18 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 7 visits
- 2026
- Passed Oct 16
Follow-Up Inspection
1 violation, 1 critical
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Food: Discarding Unsafe, Adulterated, or Contaminated Food/Embargo
- Passed Sep 28
Routine Inspection
16 violations, 6 critical
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Manual/Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization Criteria
- Critical Food from Approved Source - Fish - Source
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- Critical Food from Approved Source - Food Safe, Unadulterated and Honestly Presented
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Food: Discarding Unsafe, Adulterated, or Contaminated Food/Embargo
- Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Sinks - Hand Drying Provision
- Minor Plumbing System- Maintained in Good Repair
- Minor Food Storage or Display: Contact with Water or Ice
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
- Minor Living or sleeping quarters - separation
- Minor Nonfood-Contact Surfaces - Materials
- Minor Controlling Pests
- Minor Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
- Minor Food Labeling
- Minor Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
- Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
- 2025
- Passed Dec 1
Routine Inspection
9 violations, 6 critical
- Critical Employee Health - Person in Charge - Duties
- Critical Food from Approved Source - Food Safe, Unadulterated and Honestly Presented
- Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
- Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
- Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Cooking and Baking Equipment - Cleaning Frequency
- Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
- Minor Food Labeling
- Passed Jul 30
Follow-Up Inspection
No violations
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