A restaurant in Kentucky’s Green River District can show a letter placard that does not simply translate its latest numeric inspection score. The district’s restaurant-inspection search lets you start with an establishment name, county or grade. Its separate grading explanation describes how a critical finding, a failed follow-up or an earlier closure can affect the letter displayed. Read the location, score, finding and visit history together before drawing a conclusion from one letter.
Search the district program, then match the place
Green River District Health Department covers food businesses in Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union and Webster counties. On its inspection page, use the Establishment Name, County and Grade fields to narrow the result. Match the physical address and county, especially when a trading name has more than one location. The page says its displayed scores were updated October 9, 2026 when checked; that timestamp is a publication cue, not an inspection date for every business. Keep the date associated with the individual result or report you actually use.
Results display Name, Address, County, Date, Inspection Type, Reporting Area, Score, Grade and Violation. Keep date and inspection type with each score, because several rows can belong to one location. The search page says to hover over a violation number for more detail; confirm that detail on the actual result before citing it. Do not count a violation number as a second visit. If the visible result lacks the earlier report or event needed to explain a placard, ask the district for those dated records. A public search result is a starting point, not proof that every previous inspection or action appears on the screen.
The letter has a history rule, not just a score band
The district’s grade rules distinguish a score from the history behind a placard:
| Display or finding | What the district says | What to check next |
|---|---|---|
| A | Score 85–100 with no critical violation; A ordinarily remains until the next routine inspection | Match the score, critical-item section and date of that inspection |
| C | Score 84 or below, or any critical violation | A high number alone does not rule out C; read the cited item and the next actual report |
| B | Can follow two failed regular inspections, a failed follow-up, or a closure during a regular inspection for an imminent hazard | Find the preceding regular/follow-up sequence and the later qualifying regular result |
| N/A | Prepackaged-only establishment is outside the district’s letter-grade treatment | Verify the operation type; N/A is not an A or a statement that no inspection occurred |
An 86 with a critical violation, for example, does not satisfy the district’s A definition. That is a hypothetical reading check, not a real establishment’s result. Conversely, a B may preserve a prior event’s consequence rather than describe the newest visit’s raw number. Do not reconstruct a letter by score alone or import another Kentucky district’s rating rules.
Why a passed follow-up may leave a B placard
The district grading page says B remains after a passing follow-up to a closure for a below-60 score or imminent hazard, until the next routine inspection. It also ties B to repeated regular-inspection failures or a failed follow-up. A B does not mean the business is still closed, and it does not prove current safety. To answer either question, identify which event produced the letter and what happened afterward.
Keep two parallel timelines. The inspection timeline holds each regular visit, correction deadline and actual follow-up. The administrative timeline holds any closure, authorization to resume and placard requirement. A later passing number belongs to its own visit; it cannot stand in for the regular inspection needed to end a history-based B period. The reinspection and follow-up guide provides a worksheet for separating those events.
For a single failed inspection, the district describes a return within ten days. Use that as a reason to look for a dated return, not as proof one occurred. If the search shows a later row, check its visit type before treating it as the event that changes the placard. If the relevant earlier record is missing, write down the gap instead of reconstructing a grade.
Record the evidence needed for your question
For a location you are checking, write down the exact address and county; the dated score and letter; whether a critical violation was cited; and the type and date of each relevant visit. Then identify the part still missing. A question about the latest inspection calls for the report behind the latest date. A question about B needs the earlier failed regular or follow-up record and the next regular result. A question about closure or reopening needs the agency action and authorization, not a guess from a placard. The closure and permit-suspension guide explains why those documents have different roles.
The online page presents a score lookup and grade definitions; it does not promise a complete archive or display every order and verification document. If the returned row is old, incomplete or difficult to match, use the district’s official contact route to request the dated inspection reports and any separate action record for that address. State what the available record says on its date, and leave current operating or food-safety status open until newer official evidence answers it.
Official Green River District pages checked October 16, 2026. Their published grade rules and search update date can change; confirm the current district page for a time-sensitive decision.