Marigolds

60 W 5th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Passed re-check · Sep 15, 2026 Directions
56
Poor BiteKarma score 56 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 6 of 6 graded inspections since 2025.
  • Last inspected Sep 15, 2026: passed with no violations.
  • Keeps coming up: Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name, cited 3 times, plus 6 other repeat issues.
  • 15 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 6 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Sep 15

    Follow-Up Inspection

    No violations

  3. Passed Aug 24

    Routine Inspection

    8 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Food from Approved Source - Sources - Compliance with Food Law
    • Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • Minor Drying Mops
    • Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • Minor Preset Tableware
    • Minor Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
  4. Passed Jan 27

    Follow-Up Inspection

    4 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Signage
    • Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition
    • Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
  5. Passed Jan 7

    Routine Inspection

    14 violations, 7 critical
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Signage
    • 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 Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Critical Food from Approved Source - Molluscan Shellfish - Maintaining Identification
    • Minor Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
    • Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • Minor Preset Tableware
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance

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