Cooked?Happy Lemon
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 1, 2026 →
- address1411 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607
Is Happy Lemon clean?
Happy Lemon is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 1, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Happy Lemon?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
When was Happy Lemon last inspected?
Happy Lemon has 3 inspections on record going back to June 20, 2023.
June 1, 2026 Pass w/ Conditions
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View full inspection →June 22, 2023 Pass
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View full inspection →June 20, 2023 Fail
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View full inspection →Happy Lemon vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,294 tracked restaurants — 1,030 clean, 233 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 1,294 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Read the Chicago ratings guide →
Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated June 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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