Cremeria Santa Maria

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 20, 2026 →
• address3424 W 26Th St, Chicago 60623
• cuisineGrocery Store

Is Cremeria Santa Maria clean?

Cremeria Santa Maria is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Cremeria Santa Maria?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Food In Good Condition, Safe, & Unadulteratedcritical
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
• 🪳pests in the house
  Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Cremeria Santa Maria last inspected?

Cremeria Santa Maria has 32 inspections on record going back to August 3, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

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Cremeria Santa Maria vs South Lawndale

South Lawndale runs 77% clean across 287 tracked restaurants — 220 clean, 40 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 287 spots Cooked tracks in South Lawndale, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

Other spots in South Lawndale

• ✓! La Kermese
  cooked · March 3, 2011
• ✓ La Baguette Bakery
  clean · March 22, 2018
• ? El Mexicano Super Mercado Corp
  cooked · August 18, 2010
• ✓! Dollar Buster
  mid · April 29, 2013
• ✓! El Tepache
  cooked · June 25, 2010
• ? Sunshine Grocery
  cooked · August 20, 2010

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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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