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Pepe's Mexican Restaurants
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 3, 2017
- address954 W 87Th St, Chicago 60620
Is Pepe's Mexican Restaurants clean?
Pepe's Mexican Restaurants is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on October 3, 2017. 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 Restaurants?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 3, 2017, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CHIPPED SHELVES WITH FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REPAIR/REPAINT SHELVES.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • OBSERVED CHIPPED SHELVES WITH FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REPAIR/REPAINT SHELVES.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DUSTY FLOOR UNDER THE RACKS IN ATTIC. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • OBSERVED DUSTY FLOOR UNDER THE RACKS IN ATTIC. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Pepe's Mexican Restaurants last inspected?
Pepe's Mexican Restaurants has 12 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| October 3, 2017 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 6, 2013 | Pass | |
| March 20, 2012 | Pass | |
| September 9, 2011 | Pass | |
| February 23, 2011 | Pass | |
| March 16, 2010 | Pass |
Pepe's Mexican Restaurants 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 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 October 3, 2017. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.