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Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 4, 2025
- address4064 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago 60618
Is Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant clean?
Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 4, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HADNSINKS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED A BURNED OUT LIGHT-BULB IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BULB AND MAINTAIN LIGHTING IN THE UNIT. • OBSERVED NO WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN IN THE CUSTOMER WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED A BURNED OUT LIGHT-BULB IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE BULB AND MAINTAIN LIGHTING IN THE UNIT. • OBSERVED NO WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN IN THE CUSTOMER WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WORKING EXHAUST VENTILATION FAN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH NO PROOF OF ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS OBTAIN THIS CERTIFICATE.
When was Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant has 10 inspections on record going back to July 17, 2020.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| March 4, 2025 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 17, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 10, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 29, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 4, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 22, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 17, 2020 | — |
Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.