Breakfast House Restaurant

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 11, 2026
• address1800 W Grand Ave, Chicago 60622

Is Breakfast House Restaurant clean?

Breakfast House Restaurant is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 11, 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 Breakfast House Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 11, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  No Bare Hand Contact With Rte Food Or A Pre-Approved Alternative Procedure Properly Allowed • OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER USING BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY TO EAT FOODS. FOOD HANDLER WAS USING BARE HAND CONTACT WITH CUT LEAFY GREENS AND PLACING IT INTO TO GO CONTAINER. MUST USE GLOVES/TONGS/DELI TISSUE WHEN HANDLING READY TO EAT FOODS. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-010. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures • OBSERVED COOKED BEANS SITTING OUT ON COUNTER AT 69F. OBSERVED NUMEROUS TCS FOODS SITTING OUT ON PREP TABLE WHICH FOOD HANDLER WAS USING AS AN OMLETTE STATION SUCH AS SPINACH, COOKED MUSHROOMS, DICED TOMATOES, COOKED CORN, SHELLED EGGS, SHREDDED CHEESE WHICH ALL WERE FOUND AT AN INTERNAL TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM 55-69F. ALSO OBSERVED SLICED HAM AND STEAK AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE INSIDE OF PREP COOLER RANGING FROM 45-50F. TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 41F OR BELOW. FOOD DISCARDED. FOOD WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 15 LBS AT COST OF $75.00. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED WATER DRIPPING BELOW 3-COMPARTMENT SINK WHEN WATER IS DRAINING. MUST REPAIR.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED NUMEROUS OF CARD BOARD BOXES IN REAR HALLWAY LEADING TO THE WALK IN COOLER. MUST REMOVE.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • OBSERVED TWO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS WITH MISSING ALLERGEN TRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR ALL CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.

When was Breakfast House Restaurant last inspected?

Breakfast House Restaurant has 25 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Breakfast House Restaurant vs West Town

West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.

Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 44% of them.

Other spots in West Town

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  mid · January 15, 2026
• ✓ The Goddess And Grocer
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• ✕ Fifty Four Eleven
  cooked · October 25, 2013
• ✓ Takito Kitchen
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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 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.