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Masters Pancake House
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 29, 2025
- address5265 S Cicero Ave, Chicago 60632
Is Masters Pancake House clean?
Masters Pancake House is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 29, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Masters Pancake House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊cold food not cold enoughProper Cold Holding Temperatures • TCS FOOD AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES IN PREP COOLER: HAM 49.9F, SAUSAGE 50.2F, CUT TOMATOES 49.0F. ALL DISCARDED AND DENATURED. INSTD TO MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIME. APPROX 15LBS $50 VALUE CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005 PRIORITY
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyProper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control • PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 52.9F. COOLER TAGGED AT THIS TIME AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. INSTD NOT TO USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND AT PROPER TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005 PRIORITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN WAREWASHING AREA CAUSING STANDING WATER. INSTD TO REPLACE BROKEN TILES AND MAINTAIN
When was Masters Pancake House last inspected?
Masters Pancake House has 18 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 9, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 2, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| October 12, 2022 | Fail | |
| June 4, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2020 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 12, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 6, 2017 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2016 | Pass |
Masters Pancake House vs West Elsdon
West Elsdon runs 76% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 299 clean, 61 mid, 35 cooked.
Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Elsdon, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 July 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.