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HOOK FISH AND CHICKEN

3500 READING RD, CINCINNATI, OH 45229

Last inspected Oct 28, 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 10 inspections on record for HOOK FISH AND CHICKEN, spanning June 2024 to October 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.

Every sentence above is computed directly from the official record — CleanPlate adds no opinions. How our grading works →

Inspection history

  1. Oct 28, 2026

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    10 violations
    • 3.2(D) - Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • 6.4(N)(1) - Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
    • 6.4(B)(1) - Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • 3.4(G)(2) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • 2.3(A) - II. Good Hygienic Practices - Food Contamination Prevention - Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco Products
    • 4.4(A)(2) - Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • 6.4(A) - Repairing
    • 7.1(A) - X. Chemical - Storage: Separation
    • 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
    • 4.8(G)(1) - Kitchenware and Tableware - Handling
  2. Apr 8, 2026

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    11 violations
    • 4.5(C) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Cooking and Baking Equipment - Cleaning Frequency
    • 6.4(A) - Repairing
    • 5.4(F)(1) - Outdoor Receptacles
    • 3.2(C)(1)(b) - VII. Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
    • 3.2(M)(2)(a) - Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • 6.2(C) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Sinks - Hand Drying Provision
    • 3.2(D) - Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • 6.4(H) - Cleaning of Plumbing Fixtures
    • 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
    • 5.1(O)(2) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • 3.4(G)(1) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
  3. Dec 10, 2025

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    13 violations
    • 3.2(D) - Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • 6.4(N)(1) - Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
    • 4.4(A)(2) - Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • 3701-21-02(I) - Display of License
    • 4.1(LL) - Food equipment - certification and classification
    • 4.1(Z) - Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
    • 2.3(A) - II. Good Hygienic Practices - Food Contamination Prevention - Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco Products
    • 6.2(C) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Sinks - Hand Drying Provision
    • 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
    • 4.5(D) - Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • 3701-21-25 (K) - Person in Charge Certification in Food Protection FSO
    • 6.4(B)(1) - Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • 3.4(G)(4) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
  4. Jul 23, 2025

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  5. Jul 21, 2025

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    14 violations
    • 4.4(A)(2) - Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    • 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
    • 6.0(A)(1)(a) - Indoor areas - surface characteristics
    • 4.1(Z) - Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
    • 4.4(S)(1) - Single-service articles and Single-use Articles - Use Limitations
    • 6.4(N)(1) - Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
    • 6.4(B)(1) - Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
    • 4.5(D) - Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • 3.5(C) - Food Labeling
    • 2.4(A)(3) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
    • 2.4(C)(18) - I. Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • 6.2(C) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Sinks - Hand Drying Provision
    • 5.4(N)(2) - Covering Receptacles
  6. Jan 23, 2025

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    17 violations
    • 4.1(N) - Ventilation Hood System
    • 4.1(H) - Nonfood Contact Surfaces
    • 5.4(N)(2) - Refuse/recyclables/returnables
    • 6.4(N) - Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
    • 4.1(Y) - Temperature Measuring Devices
    • 4.4(B) - Cutting surfaces.
    • 4.2(G)(1) - Food temperature measuring devices.
    • 6.4(A) - Facilities: Maintenance: Good repair
    • 5.4(R) - Refuse/recyclables/returnables
    • 6.1(A) - Facilities: Floors, walls, and ceilings
    • 6.4(B)(1) - Facilities: Cleaning: Frequency
    • 6.4(M) - Facilities: Storing maintenance tools
    • 6.4(F) - Facilities: Mops: Drying
    • 4.5(A)(2)(3) - Equipment, food-contact surfaces, nonfood-contact surfaces, and utensils
    • 3.2(D) - Food Storage containers
    • 2.4(A)(2) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - assignment of responsibility
    • 6.2(C) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Facilities
  7. Nov 22, 2024

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  8. Oct 1, 2024

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  9. Jun 27, 2024

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    4 violations
    • 2.4(A)(2) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - assignment of responsibility
    • 3.4(F)(1)(b) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - TCS - hot and cold holding
    • 4.4(A)(1) - Equipment
    • 2.4(B)(4) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - demonstration of knowledge
  10. Jun 25, 2024

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    12 violations
    • 3.4(F)(1)(a) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - TCS - hot and cold holding
    • 4.2(I) - Sanitizing solutions
    • 6.4(N) - Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
    • 4.2(D) - Ventilation hood systems
    • 4.2(A) - VI. Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Equipment
    • 6.2(C) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Facilities
    • 3.5(C) - Food labels
    • 2.4(A)(2) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - assignment of responsibility
    • 2.4(B)(4) - IV. Demonstration of Knowledge - Person in charge - demonstration of knowledge
    • 6.2(B) - III. Preventing Contamination by Hands - Facilities
    • 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 - TCS - hot and cold holding

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