Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 7, 2026
• address2101 E 71St St, Chicago 60649

Is Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade clean?

Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 7, 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 & Lemonade?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.13 OBSERVED INSECT TRAPS HANGING IN THE REAR OVER THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND ONLY ALLOW PEST CONTROL TO INSTALL ALL PEST TRAPS.
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED ONE MALE FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL MALE FOOD HANDLERS.
  Personal Cleanliness • 2-402.11 OBSERVED ONE MALE FOOD HANDLER WITHOUT A HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL MALE FOOD HANDLERS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11 OBSERVED EXCESSIVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 OBSERVED FLOORS UNDER AND BEHIND THE FRYERS WITH EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATED FOOD AND GREASE DEBRIS. OBSERVED DEBRIS ON THE WALLS LOCATED BY THE HANDWASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL. • 6-501.114 OBSERVED CRATES IN THE REAR BEING USED TO STORE ITEMS ON. OBSERVED CLUTTER ON THE SHELVES IN THE TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING AND ORGANIZE SHELVES IN THE TOILET ROOM.

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

Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade has 7 inspections on record going back to April 6, 2021.

Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade vs South Shore

South Shore runs 63% clean across 279 tracked restaurants — 173 clean, 49 mid, 53 cooked.

Against the 279 spots Cooked tracks in South Shore, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 May 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.