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Original Pancake House
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 24, 2025
- address616 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago 60614
Is Original Pancake House clean?
Original Pancake House is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 24, 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 June 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED 2-3 CRACKED FLOOR TILES BY FLOOR DRAIN NEAR DISH MACHINE. MUST REPAIR.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED MINERAL BUILD UP INSIDE OF ICE MACHINE. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Original Pancake House last inspected?
Original Pancake House has 12 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 8, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 16, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 3, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 29, 2018 | Pass | |
| December 11, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 22, 2017 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2017 | Fail | |
| April 17, 2017 | — |
Original Pancake House vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, 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 June 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.