Babas

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 13, 2026
• address2006 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60636

Is Babas clean?

Babas is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 13, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Babas?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • No hand soap provided to prep/restroom hand wash sinks, Instructed to provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c). • No paper towel, no hand drying devices provided at all hand wash sinks, instructed to provide. Priority foundation violation. 7-38-030(c).
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used • Improper thawing, found frozen fish being thawed in cold standing water water, instructed to thaw according to health code, ie.
  Approved Thawing Methods Used • Improper thawing, found frozen fish being thawed in cold standing water water, instructed to thaw according to health code, ie.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • No food temperature measuring device , no thermometer on site, instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • Broken sink stoppers for 3-comp sink, instructed to repair and maintain.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • Broken sink stoppers for 3-comp sink, instructed to repair and maintain.

When was Babas last inspected?

Babas has 16 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Babas vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.

Other spots in West Englewood

• ✓ Kfc
  clean · March 26, 2020
• ✕ May Street Groceries
  cooked · October 31, 2016
• ✓ 63Rd Food & Liquor
  clean · December 20, 2016
• ✓ 63Rd Food & Liquor
  clean · December 20, 2016
• ✓ Ashland Gas
  clean · November 1, 2016
• ✓! Island Fish & Chicken
  mid · September 3, 2020

See every restaurant inspection in West Englewood →

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 February 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.