Pepe's Mexican Restaurant

954 W 87th St, Chicago, IL 60620

Passed re-check · Mar 5, 2025 Directions
80
Good BiteKarma score 80 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 7 of 9 graded inspections since 2020.
  • Last inspected Mar 5, 2025: passed with 2 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Feb 24, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used, cited 7 times, plus 14 other repeat issues.

Inspection history 9 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Mar 5

    Canvass Re-Inspection

    2 violations
    • Miscellaneous /public health orders
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  3. Failed Feb 24

    Canvass

    8 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Previous core violation corrected
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
    • Allergen training as required
    • Miscellaneous /public health orders
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Jan 17

    Canvass

    5 violations
    • Food properly labeled; original container
    • Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
    • Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • All food employees have food handler training
    • Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
  6. 2023
  7. Passed Apr 10

    Canvass

    3 violations
    • Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
    • Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
    • Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used

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