Babylon Food And Cafe

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 14, 2016
• address5809 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60659

Is Babylon Food And Cafe clean?

Babylon Food And Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 14, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Babylon Food And Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 14, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVING IN KITCHEN UNDER COUNTERS NEEDS TO PAINTED OR SEALED SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVING IN KITCHEN UNDER COUNTERS NEEDS TO PAINTED OR SEALED SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • OBSERVED ALL SIDES OF COOKING EQUIPMENT MUST BE CLEANED. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN STOVES INTERIOR OF REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS UNCLEAN UNDER STOVE AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST PULL OUT ALL SHELVES AND CLEAN FLOORS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN FLOORS IN A SANITARY CONDITION.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOORS UNCLEAN UNDER STOVE AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. MUST PULL OUT ALL SHELVES AND CLEAN FLOORS IN DETAIL AND MAINTAIN FLOORS IN A SANITARY CONDITION.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALLS UNCLEAN AROUND EXPOSED HAND SINK IN REAR OF KITHCEN AND IN MENS WASHROOM UNDER HAND DRYER. CLEAN/PAINT WALLS. OBSERVED CEILING TILE MISSING IN REAR OF KITCHEN ABOVE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. REPLACE CEILING TILE AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED WALLS UNCLEAN AROUND EXPOSED HAND SINK IN REAR OF KITHCEN AND IN MENS WASHROOM UNDER HAND DRYER. CLEAN/PAINT WALLS. OBSERVED CEILING TILE MISSING IN REAR OF KITCHEN ABOVE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. REPLACE CEILING TILE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED PLUMBING LEAK UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK ON RIGHT BASIN. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN 3 COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • OBSERVED FOOD ITEMS STORED ON FLOORS. ALL FOOD ITEMS NEED TO BE STORED AT LEAST 6 INSCHES OFF FLOOR AT ALL TIMES.

When was Babylon Food And Cafe last inspected?

Babylon Food And Cafe has 7 inspections on record going back to June 2, 2014.

Babylon Food And Cafe vs West Ridge

West Ridge runs 29% clean across 966 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 73 mid, 612 cooked.

Against the 966 spots Cooked tracks in West Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 June 14, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.