Little Babas Famous Steak & Lemonade

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 23, 2015
• address11315 S Halsted St, Chicago 60628

Is Little Babas Famous Steak & Lemonade clean?

Little Babas Famous Steak & Lemonade is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 23, 2015. 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 Little Babas Famous Steak & Lemonade?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #1513218 DATED JANUARY 16, 2015 NOT CORRECTED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT THE FOLLOWING: #29 (32)-REMOVE RUST FROM THE GREASE TRAP AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR OF PREMISES. (33)-CLEAN INTERIOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE IN REAR OF PREMISES AND DETAIL CLEAN THE FILTERS ABOVE STOVE HAS GREASE BUILD-UP,ALSO CLEAN THE BOTTOM COMPARTMENT OF THE DEEP FRYER IN THE PREP AREA,HAS HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UP INSIDE EQUIPMENT. (34)-CLEAN THE FLOORS IN REAR AND FOOD PREP AREA,ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS. (38)-PROVIDE FAN COVERS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR OF PREMISES. (41)-REMOVE EXCESSIVE CLUTTER FROM THE UNUSED WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR OF PREMISES AND INSIDE THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090critical
  Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090 • PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #1513218 DATED JANUARY 16, 2015 NOT CORRECTED. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT THE FOLLOWING: #29 (32)-REMOVE RUST FROM THE GREASE TRAP AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR OF PREMISES. (33)-CLEAN INTERIOR PANEL OF THE ICE MACHINE IN REAR OF PREMISES AND DETAIL CLEAN THE FILTERS ABOVE STOVE HAS GREASE BUILD-UP,ALSO CLEAN THE BOTTOM COMPARTMENT OF THE DEEP FRYER IN THE PREP AREA,HAS HEAVY GREASE BUILD-UP INSIDE EQUIPMENT. (34)-CLEAN THE FLOORS IN REAR AND FOOD PREP AREA,ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS. (38)-PROVIDE FAN COVERS INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR OF PREMISES. (41)-REMOVE EXCESSIVE CLUTTER FROM THE UNUSED WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR OF PREMISES AND INSIDE THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND TWO CHEST REACH IN (ICE CREAM) FREEZERS WITH THICK ICE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN. • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE RUST FROM THE RACKS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLERS.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • FOUND TWO CHEST REACH IN (ICE CREAM) FREEZERS WITH THICK ICE BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN. • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE RUST FROM THE RACKS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLERS.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, STORAGE RACKS AND THE INTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS/FREEZERS.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO FIX THE DAMAGED WALLS IN THE DINING AREA AND WALLS WITH PEELING PAINT IN THE DINING AND PREP AREAS. MAINTAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE WALLS. • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WALLS AND CEILING TILES/VENTS IN THE PREP AND TOILET ROOM AREAS. • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE DINING AREA AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • INSTRUCTED TO FIX THE DAMAGED WALLS IN THE DINING AREA AND WALLS WITH PEELING PAINT IN THE DINING AND PREP AREAS. MAINTAIN SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE WALLS. • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE WALLS AND CEILING TILES/VENTS IN THE PREP AND TOILET ROOM AREAS. • INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE THE WATER STAINED CEILING TILES IN THE DINING AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • INSTRUCTED TO FIX AND MAINTAIN THE LEAKS AT THE FAUCETS ON THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO HANG ALL MOPS UP TO DRY WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE THE ICE SCOOP IN A SANITIZED BIN.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE THE ICE SCOOP IN A SANITIZED BIN.

When was Little Babas Famous Steak & Lemonade last inspected?

Little Babas Famous Steak & Lemonade has 10 inspections on record going back to February 17, 2010.

Little Babas Famous Steak & Lemonade vs Morgan Park

Morgan Park runs 67% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 143 clean, 40 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 January 23, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.