Cafe Lily

308 W Ponce De Leon Avenue, Suite B, Decatur, GA 30030

Passed · Mar 19, 2026 Directions
67
Poor BiteKarma score 67 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 4 of 4 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Mar 19, 2026: passed with 14 violations, 2 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Proper cold holding temperatures, cited 3 times, plus 4 other repeat issues.
  • #4 in Decatur's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 2 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 4 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Mar 19

    Routine

    14 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Critical Time as a public health control: procedures and records
    • Minor Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored, used
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Minor Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
    • Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
    • Minor Personal cleanliness
    • Minor Proper date marking and disposition
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Minor Approved thawing methods used
    • Minor Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
    • Minor Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
    • Minor Proper date marking and disposition
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
  3. 2024
  4. Passed Nov 6

    Followup

    5 violations
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
    • Minor Food properly labeled; original container
    • Minor Proper date marking and disposition
    • Minor Proper date marking and disposition
    • Minor Food properly labeled; original container
  5. Passed Jul 30

    Routine

    8 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Minor Food properly labeled; original container
    • Minor Food stored covered
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Minor Proper date marking and disposition
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Minor Proper date marking and disposition
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Mar 1

    Routine

    1 violation, 1 critical
    • Critical Proper cold holding temperatures

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