Pepes Mexican Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 29, 2026 →
• address8227 S Exchange Ave, Chicago 60617

Is Pepes Mexican Restaurant clean?

Pepes Mexican Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Pepes Mexican Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices

When was Pepes Mexican Restaurant last inspected?

Pepes Mexican Restaurant has 17 inspections on record going back to October 18, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Pepes Mexican Restaurant vs South Chicago

South Chicago runs 87% clean across 72 tracked restaurants — 61 clean, 9 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 72 spots Cooked tracks in South Chicago, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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