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Pepe's Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 23, 2024
- address7026 W Archer Ave, Chicago 60638
Is Pepe's Restaurant clean?
Pepe's Restaurant is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 23, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Pepe's Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 23, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📋certified manager paperwork missingcriticalCity Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • OBSERVED NO CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER ON SITE OR VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED WHEN TCS FOOD PREPARED AND SERVED. A CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHEN TC FOOD IS PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedFood-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE ON INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE PANEL DRIPPING ON ICE STORED IN BIN BELOW. (ICE USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION). INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO DISPOSE OF ICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ICE MACHINE AND MAINTAIN. CITATION ISSUED. #7-38-005 PRIORITY FOUNDATION.
- 🏷️food improperly labeledFood Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS OF BEANS AND RICE NOT LABELED WITH THE COMMON NAME OF THE INGREDIENT. INSTRUCTED THE PERSON IN CHARGE TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS WITH THE COMMON NAME OF THE INGREDIENT AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED PIPE ON CEILING NEAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WATER-DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM CEILING. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🥜allergen training missingAllergen Training As Required • OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ANY CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST OBTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING AND RETAIN CERTIFICATE ON SITE.
When was Pepe's Restaurant last inspected?
Pepe's Restaurant has 21 inspections on record going back to January 6, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 4, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| February 1, 2024 | — | |
| January 23, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 3, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 9, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2022 | Fail | |
| January 23, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 16, 2020 | Fail | |
| March 12, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 29, 2018 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2018 | Pass | |
| January 20, 2017 | Pass |
Pepe's Restaurant vs Clearing
Clearing runs 73% clean across 157 tracked restaurants — 115 clean, 23 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 157 spots Cooked tracks in Clearing, this one comes out cleaner than 10% 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 23, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.