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Original Pancake House
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedNovember 17, 2025
- address10437 S Western Ave, Chicago 60643
Is Original Pancake House clean?
Original Pancake House is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Original Pancake House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED FOOD SPLATTER UNDER THE HOT LAMP AREA WHERE THE PLATES ARE HELD. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE GASKET SEALS ON THE LOW TWO DOOR REACH IN COOLING UNIT OF THE PANCAKE TOPPING PREP AREA LOOSE AND COMING APART NEAR THE HINGES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR OF THE WALK IN COOLING UNIT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING UNDER THE SHELVING ALONG THE WALLS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED THE SIDES OF THE COOKING EQUIPMENT ON THE HOTLINE SIDE WITH A BUILD UP OF GREASE AND FOOD SPILLAGE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AS A MEANS OF PREVENTING POSSIBLE PEST AND OR INSECT ACTIVITY.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE FLOOR OF THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA UNDER AND AROUND ALL COOKING AND NON COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL AREAS.
When was Original Pancake House last inspected?
Original Pancake House has 32 inspections on record going back to January 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| May 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 24, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 11, 2022 | Fail | |
| January 20, 2021 | Pass | |
| January 14, 2020 | Pass |
Original Pancake House vs Beverly
Beverly runs 68% clean across 177 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 34 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 177 spots Cooked tracks in Beverly, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 November 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.