Baba's Famous Steak And Lemonade

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 27, 2025
• address8235 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago 60652

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 August 27, 2025. 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 August 27, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED LOWER SHELVING UNDER THE COOK LINE AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE CUTTING BOARD IN THE FRONT FOOD SERVICE AREA WITH STAINS AND DEEP CUTTING GROOVES. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOODS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT AND THE WALK IN FREEZER FLOOR IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED GREASE BUILD UP ON SIDES OF FRYERS IN THE COOKING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED HOOD VENTILATION SYSTEM AND FILTERS WITH A BUILD UP OF GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED HOOD VENTILATION SYSTEM AND FILTERS WITH A BUILD UP OF GREASE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

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

Baba's Famous Steak And Lemonade has 2 inspections on record going back to September 6, 2023.

Baba's Famous Steak And Lemonade vs Ashburn

Ashburn runs 69% clean across 300 tracked restaurants — 207 clean, 45 mid, 46 cooked.

Against the 300 spots Cooked tracks in Ashburn, 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.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.