Tama Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 1, 2025
• address1952 N Damen Ave, Chicago 60647

Is Tama Restaurant clean?

Tama Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Tama Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19: **C** Nonfood-Contact Surfaces OBSERVED MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING THROUGHOUT THE PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. MUST REMOVE AND PROVIDE SHELVING THAT IS 6" OFF THE FLOOR AND PROVIDES FLOOR ACCESSIBILITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE FACILITY CLEANING. • 4-101.19: **C** Nonfood-Contact Surfaces OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINER ON STORAGE RACKS IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE. • 4-501.11: **C** Good Repair and Proper Adjustment- Equipment OBSERVED TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE OF THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER ON 1ST FLOOR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.114: **C** Maintaining Premises, Unnecessary Items and Litter OBSERVED CLUTTER EQUIPMENT AND FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS BEING STORED ON PIPES AND NEAR CHEST FREEZER IN BASEMENT PREP/DISH/ STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ARTICLES AND EQUIPMENT TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE • 6-501.11: **C** Maintained in Good Repair, Facilities (FACILITIES NOT IN GOOD REPAIR) OBSERVED ON FIRST FLOOR DISH AREA WATER LEAKING FROM PIPES LEAKING ON TO FLOOR, FROM DISH SINK WITH ERATOR INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: **C** Food Handler Training (PA 100-0367 Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act) OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • 2-102.13: **C** Food Handler Training (PA 100-0367 Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act) OBSERVED NO PROOF OF TRAINING FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.

When was Tama Restaurant last inspected?

Tama Restaurant has 5 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2024.

Tama Restaurant vs Logan Square

Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.

Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 August 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.