Prime Cincinnati

580 Walnut St, #1, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Passed re-check · Oct 1, 2026 Directions
51
Poor BiteKarma score 51 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 10 of 10 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Oct 1, 2026: passed with no violations.
  • Keeps coming up: Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition, cited 5 times, plus 11 other repeat issues.
  • #77 in Cincinnati's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 22 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 10 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 1

    Follow-Up Inspection

    No violations

  3. Passed Sep 10

    Routine Inspection

    12 violations, 6 critical
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Consumer Advisory - Consumer Advisory
    • Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Minor Floor and wall junctures - coved, and enclosed or sealed
    • Minor Preset Tableware
    • Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
    • Minor Other Forms of Information
    • Minor Plumbing System- Maintained in Good Repair
  4. Passed Apr 6

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - disposition
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • Minor Preset Tableware
    • Minor Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
  5. 2025
  6. Passed Nov 21

    Routine Inspection

    8 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Minor Preset Tableware
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • Minor Thawing TCS
    • Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance

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