CHARLIE LOU'S
1800 LINN ST, CINCINNATI, OH 45214
Last inspected Jul 21, 2026
Official source: Cincinnati Health Department (cincinnati-oh.gov) · All data sources
Conditional. Passed with strings attached — violations were found that must be corrected, often with a re-inspection scheduled. Not a failure, but not a clean pass.
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The record, in plain English
CleanPlate holds 5 inspections on record for CHARLIE LOU'S, spanning October 2024 to July 2026 — every one straight from Cincinnati Health Department.
It has held conditional across its last two inspections.
The most recent inspection noted 10 violations, none of them critical.
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Inspection history
Jul 21, 2026
!10 violations
- 4.0(I) - Nonfood-Contact Surfaces - Materials
- 4.4(S)(1) - Single-service articles and Single-use Articles - Use Limitations
- 5.4(N)(2) - Covering Receptacles
- 4.5(D) - Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
- 3.4(G)(4) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
- 3.4(F)(1)(b) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Cold Holding
- 3.2(C)(1)(b) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- 3.2(M)(4) - Wiping cloths - use limitation
- 4.1(C)(1-4) - Food Contact Surfaces Cleanability
- 3701-21-02(I) - Display of License
Feb 6, 2026
!2 violations
- 4.5(A)(2)(3) - Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
- 6.4(B)(1) - Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
Feb 25, 2025
!5 violations
- 6.4(N)(1) - Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
- 6.4(B)(1) - Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
- 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
- 5.4(H) - Toilet room receptacle - covered
- 6.4(A) - Repairing
Oct 9, 2024
!2 violations
- 6.1(M)(3) - Facilities
- 6.4(N) - Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
Oct 1, 2024
✕9 violations
- 6.4(A) - Facilities: Maintenance: Good repair
- 4.5(D) - Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
- 6.1(M)(3) - Facilities
- 5.1(S)(2) - Plumbing system
- 6.2(C) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Facilities
- 3.4(F)(1)(b) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - TCS - hot and cold holding
- 6.4(D)(1) - Facilities: Ventilation systems: Cleaning
- 6.4(N) - Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
- 6.4(B)(1) - Facilities: Cleaning: Frequency
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Source: Cincinnati Health Department (cincinnati-oh.gov). Data shown unmodified from the official government record. CleanPlate is an independent service, not affiliated with any government agency. See something wrong? Report a data issue.