Baba's Famous Steak And Lemonade

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 24, 2026
• address3407 1/2 W Madison St, Chicago 60624

Is Baba's Famous Steak And Lemonade clean?

Baba's Famous Steak And Lemonade is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 24, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

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

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN FREEZER, WALK-IN COOLER, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. OBSERVED CONTAINER OF LEMONADE STORED INSIDE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS OFF FLOOR AND REMOVE LEMONADE FROM UTILITY
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-305.11 OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN FREEZER, WALK-IN COOLER, PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. OBSERVED CONTAINER OF LEMONADE STORED INSIDE UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD ITEMS OFF FLOOR AND REMOVE LEMONADE FROM UTILITY
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.11(A;C) OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES NOT INVERTED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • 4-903.11(A;C) OBSERVED SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES NOT INVERTED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL SINGLE SERVICE ARTICLES TO PROTECT FROM CONTAMINATION.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 OBSERVED CONDENSATION LEAKING INSIDE FRONT TWO DOOR COOLER AND ICE BUILDUP INSIDE FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR COOLER AND DEFROST FREEZERS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 OBSERVED GREASE BUILDUP INSIDE FRYER CABINETS, GRILL, COOKING EQUIPMENT, FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF BEVERAGE MACHINES, COOLERS, FREEZERS, SHELVING UNITS, PREP TABLES, OUTLETS, SURFACES UNDER BEVERAGE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15 OBSERVED LEAKING DRAINPIPES UNDER FRONT AND REAR HANDWASHING SINKS AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. OBSERVED LOOSE HANDWASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA AND INSIDE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 OBSERVED GREASE BUILUDP AND FOOD DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS IN ALL AREAS
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES. ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD AND EQUIPMENT MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES. ALL EMPLOYEES HANDLING FOOD AND EQUIPMENT MUST PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.

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

Baba's Famous Steak And Lemonade has 18 inspections on record going back to November 2, 2020. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Baba's Famous Steak And Lemonade vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.