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
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

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 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 33% 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 May 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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