Hawkers Alley

28 W Court St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Passed re-check · Oct 13, 2026 Directions
36
Poor BiteKarma score 36 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 8 of 8 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Oct 13, 2026: passed with no violations.
  • Keeps coming up: Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking, cited 4 times, plus 15 other repeat issues.
  • #28 in Cincinnati's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 26 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 13

    Follow-Up Inspection

    No violations

  3. Passed Oct 1

    Follow-Up Inspection

    5 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Consumer Advisory - Consumer Advisory
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Employee Health - Demonstration of Knowledge
    • Minor Floors, walls, and ceilings
  4. Passed Sep 11

    Follow-Up Inspection

    9 violations, 6 critical
    • Critical Consumer Advisory - Consumer Advisory
    • Critical Employee Health - Demonstration of Knowledge
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • 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 Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Minor Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
    • Minor Plumbing System- Maintained in Good Repair
    • Minor Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
  5. Passed Sep 3

    Routine Inspection

    20 violations, 9 critical
    • Critical Employee Health - Demonstration of Knowledge
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Hot Holding
    • Critical Consumer Advisory - Consumer Advisory
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands: Bare Hand Contact RTE Food
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Reheating For Hot Holding
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Minor Person in Charge Certification in Food Protection FSO
    • Minor Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination
    • Minor Thawing TCS
    • Minor Plumbing System- Maintained in Good Repair
    • Minor Fixed equipment installation - Spacing or Sealing
    • Minor Food temperature measuring devices.
    • Minor Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
    • Minor Display of License
    • Minor Outer Openings - Protected
    • Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage

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