Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonaide

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings7
• critical findings3

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 6-301.14 OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS LOCATED AT THE HAND WASHING SINKS IN THE TOILET ROOM AND BY THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: 2-102.14(N) OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY THAT INCLUDES A SIGNED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM EACH EMPLOYEE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO WRITTEN PROCEDURE NOR ADEQUATE SUPPLIES (DISPOSABLE MASK, DISPOSABLE GLOVES, DISPOSABLE MOP) ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA EVENTS THAT CAN POTENTIALLY OCCUR INSIDE OF THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  code 5Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: 4-302.12 OBSERVED NO METAL STEM THERMOMETER ON SITE TO TAKE TEMPERATURES OF FOODS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. • 4-204.112(B) OBSERVED NO THERMOMETERS INSIDE OF THE 3 DOOR REFRIGERATOR OR IN THE REACH IN FREEZERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 36
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: 3-302.12 OBSERVED NO LABELS FOR FOODS AND DRY STORAGE (RAW CHICKEN, SUGAR) THAT ARE OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE LABELS WITH THE COMMON NAME OF FOODS.
  code 37
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-202.16 OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING RE-USED AS A SHELF LINING. INSTRUCTED NOT TO RE-USE CARDBOARD.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE AROUND AND INSIDE OF THE FRYERS. OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ON THE GASKETS OF THE 3 DOOR REFRIGERATOR. OBSERVED A PINKISH SUBSTANCE ON THE PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on May 9, 2019: 7 findings recurred. 8 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

More restaurants in South Shore

• ✓ Good Food Health Center
  cooked · 1966 E 73Rd St · inspected January 27, 2017
• ✓ Blue Store
  cooked · 2701 E 79Th St · inspected May 3, 2017
• ✓ K Dollar Store
  clean · 2100-2106 E 71St St · inspected May 11, 2017
• ✓ Good Blessings
  clean · 2200 E 73Rd St · inspected June 30, 2017
• ✓! Bot Bakery
  mid · 7100 S South Shore Dr · inspected September 17, 2024
• ✓ Majani
  cooked · 7167 S Exchange Ave · inspected March 26, 2025

See every restaurant in South Shore →

About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.