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Pepe's Mexican Food
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 17, 2016
- address1310 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615
Is Pepe's Mexican Food clean?
Pepe's Mexican Food is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 17, 2016. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Pepe's Mexican Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND THE VENTILATION HOOD,REFRIGERATION UNITS, THE SLICER AND PREP TABLES.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER SINKS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS UNDER SINKS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER SINKS AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • DETAIL CLEAN WALLS UNDER SINKS AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT.
When was Pepe's Mexican Food last inspected?
Pepe's Mexican Food has 14 inspections on record going back to September 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| March 17, 2016 | Pass | |
| March 15, 2016 | Fail | |
| March 4, 2016 | Fail | |
| June 15, 2015 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2015 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 27, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 14, 2013 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 4, 2011 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2010 | Pass |
Pepe's Mexican Food vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 50% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 166 clean, 39 mid, 128 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 17, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.