KiKi on Ludlow

358 Ludlow Av, Cincinnati, OH 45220

Passed · Oct 28, 2026 Directions
72
Fair BiteKarma score 72 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 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2025.
  • Last inspected Oct 28, 2026: passed with 7 violations, 2 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events, cited 2 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.
  • 8 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 28

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Minor Single-service articles and Single-use Articles - Use Limitations
    • Minor Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • Minor Equipment and Utensils - Air-Drying
    • Minor Food Choking Standards
  3. Passed May 26

    Routine Inspection

    9 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Minor Person in Charge Certification in Food Protection FSO
    • Minor Using Dressing Rooms and Lockers
    • Minor Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Outer Openings - Protected
    • Minor Food Choking Standards
  4. Passed Jan 21

    Follow-Up Inspection

    No violations

  5. Passed Jan 14

    Routine Inspection

    6 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Critical Food from Approved Source - Parasite Destruction - Records, Creation and Retention
    • Critical Consumer Advisory - Consumer Advisory
    • Minor Other Forms of Information
    • Minor Food Contact Surfaces Cleanability
    • Minor Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices

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