Baba Pita

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations4
• last inspectedMay 10, 2018 →
• address2343 W Taylor St, Chicago 60612

Is Baba Pita clean?

Baba Pita is no longer in business. Chicago Department of Public Health recorded it as out of business on August 23, 2018, which is an administrative result rather than a health finding — the business closed or moved, it was not shut down over conditions. Its last actual inspection result was Pass w/ Conditions on May 10, 2018. The record below is kept for history; it says nothing about whatever occupies the address now.

What did inspectors find at Baba Pita?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 10, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods

When was Baba Pita last inspected?

Baba Pita has 7 inspections on record going back to June 5, 2015.

Baba Pita vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 78% clean across 243 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 44 mid, 9 cooked.

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 10, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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