Northern Kentucky Health directs readers to separate Boone, Campbell, Grant, and Kenton County links on its inspection-score page. Choose the county of the physical premises before searching; a brand or mailing address can point to the wrong route.
The department’s food inspection program covers food-service establishments, including bars and restaurants. Complete reports are separate and available by written request.
Choose the county, then match the premises
- Open the county score router and select Boone, Campbell, Grant, or Kenton.
- Search by establishment name and address. On Campbell County’s current interface, City and ZIP can narrow a common name.
- Confirm the street address, then preserve the last-inspection and follow-up date-and-score fields as separate pairs.
The Campbell County interface also offers an exact-score control. Its default list includes pool and other non-food records, so a returned row may belong to another program. Confirm the program and premises before interpreting a number.
All four county links open the same Kentucky public environmental-health system, with a county code in the address: 8 for Boone, 19 for Campbell, 41 for Grant and 59 for Kenton. On October 20, 2026 the Boone list showed 1,295 items, Kenton 1,069 and Grant 223. Those counts cover every listed establishment type, including non-restaurant entries, so confirm the program and premises before reading any number as a restaurant score. If a county page won’t open, keep the official link and call the department rather than treating the gap as an empty record.
Read last inspection and follow-up as a sequence
Campbell’s table labels the fields Last Inspection Date, Last Inspection Score/Grade, Follow-Up Date, and Follow-Up Score/Grade. “Score/Grade” is the interface label; the number is a point score, and the department’s pages give no A, B, or C scale for it.
A row can show different last and follow-up dates and scores. Selecting a score opens a short list of violation descriptions; the popup shows no date or severity class for each description, so use the complete report for those.
Keep both dated results. A later score shows a later check; the earlier finding stays on record, and the reason for the follow-up is in the report. The reinspection guide shows how to keep the original event, correction evidence, and later verification in order.
Below 85 and a critical violation are separate follow-up triggers
Northern Kentucky Health describes 58 potential items and calls a finding critical when it is more likely to affect food safety. Follow-up is required below 85 or for any critical violation. So a score of 85 or above can still bring a follow-up.
Timing ranges from the same day to 30 days. That range describes the follow-up visit rather than when it appears in the list. If the follow-up field is blank, ask the department for any correction or verification record.
Use the complete report to identify the cited item, observation, correction, and verification. Use the department’s total rather than rebuilding it from the popup or counting each sentence as a violation. The violation-reading guide explains those distinctions.
What a Northern Kentucky score below 70 triggers
The department says a score below 70 may require a conference with the Kentucky Department for Public Health. It separately says closure may be required for an imminent health threat. A closure comes with its own notice.
For a closure question, look for the dated notice, its basis, corrective evidence, and the agency’s reopening decision. A follow-up score is only one part of that record chain. The closure guide explains why inspection, closure, and reopening documents answer different questions.
How to request a complete Northern Kentucky inspection report
Northern Kentucky Health says complete inspection reports are available by written request and lists 859-341-4151 for assistance. Ask which written route the department wants you to use.
Identify the premises precisely and give a date range. Ask for the complete reports, violation details, and follow-up records for that range.
If closure is at issue, separately request the closure notice and reopening decision. Authorization to reopen comes from that decision rather than from a later score.
For an older or missing period, ask which office holds the records and specify the dates needed; earlier inspections may predate the first visible row.
Northern Kentucky Health pages checked September 28, 2026; county score links rechecked October 20, 2026.