Lips

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 25, 2010
• address3705 N Southport Ave, Chicago 60613

Is Lips clean?

Lips is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 25, 2010. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Lips?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 25, 2010, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • All food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment and all food storage utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized daily.CLEAN,SANITIZE (AND MAINTAIN)MACHINE ,IN BASEMENT AREA,RUST ,AND MINERAL BUILD-UP.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR BEHIND WALK-IN COOLER(EXCESS DEBRIS)
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • The floors shall be constructed per code, be smooth and easily cleaned, and be kept clean and in good repair.DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR BEHIND WALK-IN COOLER(EXCESS DEBRIS)
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.REMOVE PEELING PAINT AND PAINT CEILING ABOVE ICE MACHINE.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned.REMOVE PEELING PAINT AND PAINT CEILING ABOVE ICE MACHINE.

When was Lips last inspected?

Lips has 2 inspections on record going back to June 25, 2010.

Lips vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 June 25, 2010. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.