Lula Cafe

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 19, 2026
• address2537-2543 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Lula Cafe clean?

Lula Cafe is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 19, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Lula Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 19, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED APPROXIMALTELY 4.5 LBS OF COOKED PASTA (INDIVIDUALLY BAGGED) STORED IN REFRIGERATION UNIT IN MAIN PREP AREA AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES DURING TIME OF INSPECTION,RANGING BETWEEN 49-53F. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD ALL COLD TCS FOODS @41F AND BELOW AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY VIOLATION. #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS HANDLING FOOD WITHOUT EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLERS HANDLING FOOD WITHOUT EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN WALL COVING IN BASEMENT STORAGE AREA WHERE WALK IN COOLER IS LOCATED. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE. • OBSERVED BACK YARD AREA WHERE WHERE WALK IN COOLER IS IN PLACE WITH EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF UNUSED EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANUES ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNNECESARY ITEMS , ORGANIZE AND KEEP AREA FREE OF CLUTTER TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. MUST MAINTAIN PREMISE.

When was Lula Cafe last inspected?

Lula Cafe has 15 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Lula Cafe vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 42% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 555 clean, 142 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 52% of them.

Other spots in Logan Square

• ✓ Lula Cafe
  clean · October 25, 2011
• ✓ Lula Cafe
  clean · October 25, 2011
• ✓ Munchies Mart
  cooked · June 2, 2011
• ✓ Logan Square Kitchen
  cooked · April 11, 2011
• ✓ Logan Square Kitchen
  cooked · April 11, 2011
• ✓ Sublime Sushi
  cooked · June 20, 2017

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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 March 19, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.