Pepe's Mexican Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 6, 2025
• address6230 S Western Ave, Chicago 60636

Is Pepe's Mexican Restaurant clean?

Pepe's Mexican Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 6, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pepe's Mexican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19 : MUST REMOVE RUST FROM FRONT WALK IN COOLER SHELVING UNITS. • 4-501.11 : MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED DOOR HANDLE ON SLIDING GLASS REACH IN COOLER.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-601.11(C) : MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM STEAM & GRILL TABLE SHELVING UNITS.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15 : MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE LEAKY FAUCETS AT 3- COMPARTMENT SINK.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.16 : MUST PROVIDE A HOOKING SYSTEM TO HANG UP WET MOPS. • 6-501.13 : MUST CLEAN DEBRIS BUILD UP FROM FLOOR IN REAR WALK IN FREEZER & ICE FROM FLOOR IN MIDDLE WALK IN FREEZER.
• ⚠️Miscellaneous / Public Health Orders • 7-38-060 Default beverage for children's meals. : OBSERVED DEFAULT BEVERAGE ON KIDS MENU OFFERING A DRINK MUST BE 130 CALORIES OR LESS.
  Miscellaneous / Public Health Orders • 7-38-060 Default beverage for children's meals. : OBSERVED DEFAULT BEVERAGE ON KIDS MENU OFFERING A DRINK MUST BE 130 CALORIES OR LESS.

When was Pepe's Mexican Restaurant last inspected?

Pepe's Mexican Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to June 4, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pepe's Mexican Restaurant vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.