Big Baba's Steak & Lemonade, Inc.

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 10, 2016
• address328 E Pershing Rd, Chicago 60653

Is Big Baba's Steak & Lemonade, Inc. clean?

Big Baba's Steak & Lemonade, Inc. is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 10, 2016. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Big Baba's Steak & Lemonade, Inc.?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN EXTERIOR OF FRYERS AND INTERIOR BOTTOM OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED. CLEAN UNDERNEATH GRILL TO REMOVE PARTICLES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN FLOORS UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL HOLE IN WALL AROUND PIPE UNDERNEATH THE THREE COMP SINK AND BEHIND HOT WATER TANK IN STORAGE CLOSET.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • SEAL HOLE IN WALL AROUND PIPE UNDERNEATH THE THREE COMP SINK AND BEHIND HOT WATER TANK IN STORAGE CLOSET.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • FOUND NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE AT THE WASHROOM DOOR; MUST PROVIDE/INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON WASHROOM DOOR.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED TWO DRAIN STOPPERS FOR THE THREE COMP SINK; MUST PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL STOPPER FOR A TOTAL OF THREE TO PROPERLY SET UP SINK TO WASH RINSE AND SANITIZE. THE EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE FRONT PREP AREA IS DRAINING SLOWLY; MUST CORRECT SO THAT WATER DRAINS CORRECTLY FROM SINK. OBSERVED A CRACK IN THE TOILET BOWL LID IN THE WASHROOM; SEAL OR REPLACE LID ON BACK OF TOILET.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • FOUND WET MOP STORED IN MOP BUCKET, INSTRUCTED ON PROPER STORAGE OF WET MOP.

When was Big Baba's Steak & Lemonade, Inc. last inspected?

Big Baba's Steak & Lemonade, Inc. has 7 inspections on record going back to December 6, 2013.

Big Baba's Steak & Lemonade, Inc. vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 March 10, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.