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Clowns Pancake House
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 5, 2026
- address5804 S Western Ave, Chicago 60636
Is Clowns Pancake House clean?
Clowns Pancake House is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 5, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Clowns Pancake House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 5, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Ice cream scoop held in standing water at room temperature, instructed to keep according to health code, ie.In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored • Ice cream scoop held in standing water at room temperature, instructed to keep according to health code, ie.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • Wall behind prep table and gridle at rear kitchen area is made from unfished rough cinder blocks, instructed to provide smooth easily cleanable surface.
When was Clowns Pancake House last inspected?
Clowns Pancake House has 20 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 5, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 21, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2022 | Pass | |
| April 1, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 5, 2020 | Pass | |
| November 8, 2019 | Pass | |
| December 4, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 15, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2016 | Pass |
Clowns Pancake House vs Gage Park
Gage Park runs 71% clean across 393 tracked restaurants — 278 clean, 70 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 393 spots Cooked tracks in Gage Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 February 5, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.