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Pepes Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 27, 2026
- address954 W 87Th St, Chicago 60620
Is Pepes Restaurant clean?
Pepes Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Pepes Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVEDS THE CITY CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY ALLERGEN TRAINING HAS EXPIRED. INSTRUCTED TO COMPLY AND MAINTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING AS REQUIRED OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.
When was Pepes Restaurant last inspected?
Pepes Restaurant has 14 inspections on record going back to August 31, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 27, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| January 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 25, 2022 | Fail | |
| April 1, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 1, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 12, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 25, 2019 | Pass | |
| February 20, 2019 | Fail |
Pepes 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 January 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.