Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 13, 2016 →
• address2101 E 71St St, Chicago 60649

Is Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade clean?

Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 13, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 13, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met

When was Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade last inspected?

Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade has 15 inspections on record going back to June 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade vs South Shore

South Shore runs 71% clean across 140 tracked restaurants — 96 clean, 21 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 140 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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.

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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 June 13, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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