Baba's Famous Steaks & Lemondade

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedSeptember 23, 2026 →
• address7500 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619

Is Baba's Famous Steaks & Lemondade clean?

Baba's Famous Steaks & Lemondade is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Baba's Famous Steaks & Lemondade?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Baba's Famous Steaks & Lemondade last inspected?

Baba's Famous Steaks & Lemondade has 10 inspections on record going back to March 8, 2023.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 10 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Baba's Famous Steaks & Lemondade vs Greater Grand Crossing

Greater Grand Crossing runs 82% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 185 clean, 23 mid, 17 cooked.

Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Greater Grand Crossing, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 September 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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