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Pepe's Mexican Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 22, 2026
- address8313-8325 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago 60619
Is Pepe's Mexican Restaurant clean?
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 22, 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 May 22, 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 32 inspections on record going back to June 9, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 6, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 21, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 30, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 21, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 27, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant vs Chatham
Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.
Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 May 22, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.