Baba Ghanoush

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedApril 5, 2021
• address4431 N Broadway, Chicago 60640

Is Baba Ghanoush clean?

Baba Ghanoush is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 5, 2021. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Baba Ghanoush?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 5, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AT PREMISES PRIORITY FOUNDATION:7-38-010. NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEANUP PROCEDURE WITH SPILL KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION: 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • DRY FOOD MUST BE LABELED WITH COMMON NAME
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN PREP AREAS IN SANITIZER BUCKET BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • PLASTIC UTENSILS FOR CUSTOMER NOT PROPERLY STORED.INSTRUCTED TO INVERT
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • PLASTIC UTENSILS FOR CUSTOMER NOT PROPERLY STORED.INSTRUCTED TO INVERT
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • BROKEN CEILING WALL IN BASEMENT AREA BY THE STAIRCASE. REPAIR CAUSE WITH A SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 12-23-2020, REPORT #2464063 #58) 2-102.13 SANITATION MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-42-090.
  Previous Core Violation Corrected • PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM 12-23-2020, REPORT #2464063 #58) 2-102.13 SANITATION MANAGER WITH NO ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MUST PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-42-090.
• ⚠️Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NO INSPECTION SUMMARY POSTED ON SITE FROM 12-23-2020,REPORT #2464063. INSTRUCTED TO POST THE NEW REPORT FROM 4-5-2021.
  Summary Report Displayed And Visible To The Public • NO INSPECTION SUMMARY POSTED ON SITE FROM 12-23-2020,REPORT #2464063. INSTRUCTED TO POST THE NEW REPORT FROM 4-5-2021.

When was Baba Ghanoush last inspected?

Baba Ghanoush has 6 inspections on record going back to October 26, 2020.

Baba Ghanoush vs Uptown

Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.

Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 5, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.