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Pepe's Mexican Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 8, 2026
- address1901 W 79Th St, Chicago 60620
Is Pepe's Mexican Restaurant clean?
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pepe's Mexican Restaurant?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on April 8, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Pepe's Mexican Restaurant last inspected?
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant has 14 inspections on record going back to March 27, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 16, 2026 | Pass | |
| February 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 1, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 15, 2022 | Fail | |
| February 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| March 13, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 6, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 8, 2019 | Pass |
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant vs Auburn Gresham
Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.
Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 April 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.