Elly's Pancake House

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 10, 2017
• address101 W North Ave, Chicago 60610

Is Elly's Pancake House clean?

Elly's Pancake House is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 10, 2017. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Elly's Pancake House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD IS BEING PREPARRED COOKED AND SERVED INCLUDING EGGS, SAUSAGE AND COOKED VEGETABLES. SERIOUS VIOALTION 7-38-012
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD TO THE LEFT OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. RAW WOOD MUST BE PAINTED OR SEALED SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON REACH IN REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT SERVICE AREA. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED RAW WOOD TO THE LEFT OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. RAW WOOD MUST BE PAINTED OR SEALED SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED TORN GASKETS ON REACH IN REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT SERVICE AREA. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR OF BASEMENT WITH STANDING WATER. OBSERVED DRAIN PIPE FROM WALK IN COOLER LEAKING ONTO FLOOR. KEEP FLOOR CLEAN AND DRY. MAINTAIN.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED FLOOR OF BASEMENT WITH STANDING WATER. OBSERVED DRAIN PIPE FROM WALK IN COOLER LEAKING ONTO FLOOR. KEEP FLOOR CLEAN AND DRY. MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING TILE MISSING ON COOKING LINE ABOVE SALAD STATION. OBSERVED HOLE IN WALL ON EAST SIDE OF DRY STORAGE IN BASEMENT. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED CEILING IN BASEMENT STAFF WASHROOM IN DISREPAIR. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • OBSERVED CEILING TILE MISSING ON COOKING LINE ABOVE SALAD STATION. OBSERVED HOLE IN WALL ON EAST SIDE OF DRY STORAGE IN BASEMENT. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED CEILING IN BASEMENT STAFF WASHROOM IN DISREPAIR. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • OBSERVED 1 COMP SINK IN BASEMENT WITH LEAK UNDER SINK. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN LEAK.
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS ON COUNTERS IN FRONT SERVICE AREA AND IN COOKING AREA. WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN SANITZER SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
  Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS ON COUNTERS IN FRONT SERVICE AREA AND IN COOKING AREA. WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN SANITZER SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.

When was Elly's Pancake House last inspected?

Elly's Pancake House has 22 inspections on record going back to February 17, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Elly's Pancake House vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 67% clean across 1,649 tracked restaurants — 1,089 clean, 360 mid, 187 cooked.

Against the 1,649 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.