Lem's Bar-B-Q

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 20, 2026 →
• address311 E 75Th St, Chicago 60619

Is Lem's Bar-B-Q clean?

Lem's Bar-B-Q is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Lem's Bar-B-Q?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Lem's Bar-B-Q last inspected?

Lem's Bar-B-Q has 26 inspections on record going back to March 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lem's Bar-B-Q vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 81% clean across 226 tracked restaurants — 180 clean, 24 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 226 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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