Los Potrillos

316 Ludlow Av, Cincinnati, OH 45220

Passed re-check · Oct 28, 2026 Directions
32
Poor BiteKarma score 32 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 14 of 14 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Oct 28, 2026: passed with no violations.
  • Keeps coming up: Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch, cited 5 times, plus 21 other repeat issues.
  • #16 in Cincinnati's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 41 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 14 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 28

    Follow-Up Inspection

    No violations

  3. Passed Oct 22

    Routine Inspection

    12 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils – Cleaning Frequency
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Minor Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • Minor Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
    • Minor Food Choking Standards
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
  4. Passed May 26

    Follow-Up Inspection

    No violations

  5. Passed May 18

    Routine Inspection

    20 violations, 8 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Employee Health - Management and Personnel - Employee Health
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Cold Holding
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Assignment of Responsibility
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Food Storage: Preventing Contamination from the Premises
    • Minor Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
    • Minor Person in Charge Certification in Food Protection FSO
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • Minor Drying Mops
    • Minor Toilet room receptacle - covered
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • Minor Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality

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