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Pepe's Mexican Restaurant
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 9, 2016
- address1901 W 79Th St, Chicago 60620
Is Pepe's Mexican Restaurant clean?
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on September 9, 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 Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 9, 2016, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off* Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (BEEF, STEAK, CHICKEN, SOUR CREAM, GUACAMOLE, CHEESE, ETC) WERE BEING PREPARED/SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE AT ALL TIMES POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED/SERVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
When was Pepe's Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant has 14 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 27, 2017 | closed by the city | |
| September 9, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 5, 2016 | Pass | |
| May 11, 2015 | Pass | |
| April 27, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 6, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 15, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 13, 2013 | Pass | |
| February 6, 2013 | Fail | |
| July 19, 2012 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2012 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 23, 2011 | Pass |
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant vs Auburn Gresham
Auburn Gresham runs 32% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 167 clean, 32 mid, 320 cooked.
Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, 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 September 9, 2016. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.