Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 21, 2017
• address130 E 51St St, Chicago 60615

Is Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade clean?

Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 21, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

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

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation • OBSERVED ICE NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE,( SEVERE BUILD-UP OF BLACK SUBSTANCE INSIDE INTERIOR AREAS OF ICE MACHINE).MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • PREMISES OUTSIDE WASTE GREASE STORAGE CONTAINER AND AREA NOT CLEAN. EXTERIOR TOP AND LID OF CONTAINER WITH HARDENED EXCESSIVE GREASE. ASLO GREASE ON WALL BY CONTAINER. MUST CLEAN CONTAINER AND WALL AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
  Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • PREMISES OUTSIDE WASTE GREASE STORAGE CONTAINER AND AREA NOT CLEAN. EXTERIOR TOP AND LID OF CONTAINER WITH HARDENED EXCESSIVE GREASE. ASLO GREASE ON WALL BY CONTAINER. MUST CLEAN CONTAINER AND WALL AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • OBSERVED LAST INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY DATED 12-12-2016 FROM REPORT #1976957 NOT POSTED FOR PUBLIC VIEW TO ESTABLISHMENTS CUSTOMERS. INSTRUCTED THAT LAST INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY MUST BE POSTED AND VISIBLE TO ESTABLISHMENTS CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION-7-42-010.
  * Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers • OBSERVED LAST INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY DATED 12-12-2016 FROM REPORT #1976957 NOT POSTED FOR PUBLIC VIEW TO ESTABLISHMENTS CUSTOMERS. INSTRUCTED THAT LAST INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY MUST BE POSTED AND VISIBLE TO ESTABLISHMENTS CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION-7-42-010.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUSTY SHELVING INSIDE COOLERS.MUST REPAIR. ALSO GASKET IN POOR REPAIR ON 3- DOOR COOLER.MUST REPLACE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • RUSTY SHELVING INSIDE COOLERS.MUST REPAIR. ALSO GASKET IN POOR REPAIR ON 3- DOOR COOLER.MUST REPLACE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • EXTERIOR OF COOLERS NOT CLEAN AND INTERIOR CABINETS OF DEEP FRYERS NOT CLEAN OF DEBIS AND GREASE.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOOR TILES THROUGH OUT PREMISES.MUST REPLACE. ALSO FLOORS NEED CLEANING OF DEBRIS IN FLOOR CORNERS AND UNDER HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MISSING FLOOR TILES THROUGH OUT PREMISES.MUST REPLACE. ALSO FLOORS NEED CLEANING OF DEBRIS IN FLOOR CORNERS AND UNDER HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAIN/SOILED CEILING TILES THRU-OUT PREMISES.MUST REPLACE.ALSO MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS IN REAR PREP.MUST INSTALL.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAIN/SOILED CEILING TILES THRU-OUT PREMISES.MUST REPLACE.ALSO MISSING LIGHT SHIELDS IN REAR PREP.MUST INSTALL.

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

Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade has 11 inspections on record going back to October 14, 2010.

Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.

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• ✓ Chicago Philly Steak, Llc
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• ✓! Hyde Park Convenience
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• ✓ C'est Si Bon
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• ✓! Subway
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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 21, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.