Pepe's Restaurant

• official resultNo Entry
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: 2-101.11 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 ALL TIMES WHEN TCS FOOD IS PREPARED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION #7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED
  code 2Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(A) OBSERVED BLACK MOLD-LIKE SUBSTANCE ON THE 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.
  code 16
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: 3-302.12 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.
  code 37
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-205.15 OBSERVED PIPE ON CEILING NEAR THREE COMPARTMENT SINK LEAKING. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11 OBSERVED WATER-DAMAGED CEILING TILES IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM CEILING. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: 2-102.13 OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED PERSON IN CHARGE THAT ANY CERTIFIED FOODSERVICE MANAGER MUST OBTAIN ALLERGEN TRAINING AND RETAIN CERTIFICATE ON SITE.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on January 23, 2024: 6 findings recurred.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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