Baba's Famous Steak and Lemonade on Laramie Inc
345 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60644
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Keeps coming up: Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips, cited 4 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.
- #73 in Chicago's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 1 of 4 graded inspections since 2025.
- Last inspected May 11, 2026: failed with 13 violations.
Inspection history 4 visits
- 2026
- Failed May 11
Canvass
13 violations
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Personal cleanliness
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
- Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
- Previous core violation corrected
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Food properly labeled; original container
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- All food employees have food handler training
- 2025
- Passed Apr 18
License Re-Inspection
8 violations
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Allergen training as required
- Failed Apr 16
License Re-Inspection
8 violations
- Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
- Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- Allergen training as required
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
- Failed Apr 9
License
10 violations
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips
- Allergen training as required
- Insects, rodents, and animals not present
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, and cleaned
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