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Lily Supermarket
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 1, 2026
- address9863 S Ewing Ave, Chicago 60617
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Lily Supermarket clean?
Lily Supermarket is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 1, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lily Supermarket?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN AT THE HANDWASHING SINK LOCATED IN THE DELI MEAT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11 OBSERVED THE TOP LOADER INTERIOR SURFACE SEEMS TO BE PEELING. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE TOP LOADER DOOR OR REPAIR SO THAT THE SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
When was Lily Supermarket last inspected?
Lily Supermarket has 19 inspections on record going back to August 18, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 1, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 24, 2026 | Fail | |
| March 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 12, 2023 | Fail | |
| February 7, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 19, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 12, 2019 | Fail | |
| June 11, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 15, 2017 | Pass |
Lily Supermarket vs East Side
East Side runs 64% clean across 189 tracked restaurants — 119 clean, 48 mid, 20 cooked.
Against the 189 spots Cooked tracks in East Side, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.