Elly's Pancake House

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJuly 16, 2025
• address5308-5312 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60630

Is Elly's Pancake House clean?

Elly's Pancake House is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 16, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Elly's Pancake House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 16, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST NOT STORE CLEAN CUTTING BOARD ON THE BACK-SPLASH OF THE HANDWASHING SINK .
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MUST NOT STORE CLEAN CUTTING BOARD ON THE BACK-SPLASH OF THE HANDWASHING SINK .
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • ICE BUILD-UP AT CONDENSER UNIT AND BY THE DOOR INSIDE THE WALK-IN FREEZER AT REAR STORAGE.INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. NO FOOD UNDER THE UNIT. • SEVERAL BROKEN RUBBER GASKET INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLERS IN PREP AREA.REPLACE. • PROVIDE LID AT ICE BIN AT COFFEE STATION. • SOME CUTTING BOARDS AT REAR PREP AREA(RED, GREEN IN COLOR) WITH DARK STAINS. MUST REFINISH OR REPLACE SAID CUTTING BOARDS • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS,THROUGHOUT.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • DETAIL CLEANING EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENTS.REMOVE GREASE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • SEAL SLASHGUARD AT HANDWASHING SINK AT COFFEE AREA. REPLACE BROKEN CAULKING BETWEEN WALL AND HANDWASHING SINK AT REAR PREP
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • DETAIL CLEANING IS REQUIRED UNDER THE SHELVES,COOKING EQUIPMENTS,UNDER THE SINKS AND INSIDE THE CABINETS OF UNDER THE HANDWASHING SINKS,KEEP FLOORS DRY,AND FREE OF DEBRIS,GREASE ETC.CLEAN AND MAINTAIN

When was Elly's Pancake House last inspected?

Elly's Pancake House has 28 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Elly's Pancake House vs Jefferson Park

Jefferson Park runs 69% clean across 272 tracked restaurants — 188 clean, 47 mid, 37 cooked.

Against the 272 spots Cooked tracks in Jefferson Park, this one comes out cleaner than 33% of them.

Other spots in Jefferson Park

• ✓ Golden Wok Restaurant
  clean · October 30, 2014
• ✓ Highway House
  clean · November 16, 2015
• ✓ Mother Cluckers
  clean · June 15, 2022
• ✓! Northwest Hwy Bp
  mid · June 25, 2020
• ✓ Cafe Marbella
  clean · April 8, 2024
• ✓ Golden Wok Restaurant
  clean · January 5, 2017

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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 July 16, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.