Penn Station

5070 Crookshank Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45238

Passed re-check · Jun 22, 2026 Directions
50
Poor BiteKarma score 50 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 2024.
  • Last inspected Jun 22, 2026: passed with 3 violations.
  • Keeps coming up: Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency, cited 3 times, plus 6 other repeat issues.
  • #75 in Cincinnati's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 5 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 6 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jun 22

    Follow-Up Inspection

    3 violations
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Storing maintenance tools
    • Minor Warewashing sinks: Use Limitation
  3. Passed May 28

    Routine Inspection

    32 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Employee Health - Management and Personnel - Employee Health
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils – Cleaning Frequency
    • Minor Fixed equipment installation - Spacing or Sealing
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • Minor Clean linens.
    • Minor Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
    • Minor Food Preparation - Preventing Contamination from the Premises
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Cleaning Frequency
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Wet cleaning methods
    • Minor Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures
    • Minor Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed
    • Minor Can Openers - Cleanability
    • Minor Kitchenware and Tableware - Handling
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Wiping Cloths - Air-Drying Locations
    • Minor Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
    • Minor Equipment and Utensils - Air-Drying
    • Minor Equipment and Storage Cabinets - Contamination Prevention Location
    • Minor Food Contact Surfaces Cleanability
    • Minor Food Contact Surfaces Cleanability
    • Minor Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
    • Minor Equipment, Utensils, Linens - Storage
    • Minor Linens and napkins - Use Limitation
    • Minor Single-Service Articles and Single-Use Articles - Storage
    • Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment: Can Opener
    • Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Warewashing sinks: Use Limitation
    • Minor Storage of Soiled Linens - Methods
    • Minor Condiments - Protection
  4. Passed Feb 9

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • Critical Good Hygienic Practices - Food Contamination Prevention - Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco Products
    • Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination
    • Minor Thawing TCS
    • Minor Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
  5. 2025
  6. Passed Apr 16

    Routine Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation

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