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Santa Masa Tamaleria
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 20, 2026
- address7544 W Addison St, Chicago 60634
Is Santa Masa Tamaleria clean?
Santa Masa Tamaleria is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Santa Masa Tamaleria?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR EMPLOYEES.
When was Santa Masa Tamaleria last inspected?
Santa Masa Tamaleria has 4 inspections on record going back to May 6, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 6, 2024 | — |
Santa Masa Tamaleria vs Dunning
Dunning runs 64% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 189 clean, 63 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Dunning, this one comes out cleaner than 38% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.