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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 2024.
- Last inspected Jan 10, 2026: passed with 5 violations, 4 critical.
- Keeps coming up: Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking, cited 4 times, plus 14 other repeat issues.
- #41 in Cincinnati's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 26 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 5 visits
- 2026
- Passed Jan 10
Routine Inspection
5 violations, 4 critical
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Cleanser - Availability
- Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
- Minor Sanitizing solutions - Testing Devices
- 2025
- Passed Aug 22
Follow-Up Inspection
7 violations, 5 critical
- Critical Employee Health - Management and Personnel - Employee Health
- Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Hot Holding
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Reheating For Hot Holding
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
- Minor Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
- Minor Food Choking Standards
- Passed Jul 23
Routine Inspection
11 violations, 9 critical
- Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Hot Holding
- Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Cleanser - Availability
- Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Reheating For Hot Holding
- Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Sinks - Hand Drying Provision
- Critical Consumer Advisory - Consumer Advisory
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- Minor Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
- Minor Single-Service Articles and Single-Use Articles - Storage
- 2024
- Passed Dec 9
Routine Inspection
11 violations, 8 critical
- Critical Employee Health - PIC Duties
- Critical Employee Health - Management and personnel: employee health
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - TCS - hot and cold holding
- Critical Chemical - Poisonous/toxic material
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Cleaning frequency
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Preventing Contamination by Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
- Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using handwashing facility
- Minor Reduced oxygen packaging without a variance
- Minor Facilities: Mops: Drying
- Minor Cutting surfaces.
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Zolas Cafe, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.