Cecy's Molino de Masa — Local services in Hyde Park Township

The only place I could find in Chicago with freshly made masa for tamales. If you're looking for good fresh masa, come here. Don't consider any other places: this is the best one you're going to find.

I was in town for the holidays and was annoyed with every hispanic grocery only offering frozen masa for tamales or the powdered maseca bags. I'm used to grocers that make fresh tortillas offering fresh masa during tamale season.

Luckily I found Cecy's with an online search and got masa that was made that morning. I can't believe it was that hard to find in a city like Chicago, but I'm glad these folks are around.

About the masa and the business: they're open only in the morning and early in the day. Get there early and get it while it's fresh. The masa was too sticky for my taste but the flavor was incredible. I will gladly deal with the annoying stickiness for the flavor. Given the stickiness, the masa was quite greasy. Be prepared for this when cooking. Wrap your tamales well and layer them with this in mind. It's not so greasy that it'll make a huge mess but you could get a lot of the lard in your water if you're not careful about wrapping and layering properly on...

Yes I agree that the prices are a bit high but that is because you are paying for QUALITY products. I've been coming here for over 20 years and I can tell you that I personally have never had a problem with the products I've purchased, which is why I've remained a loyal customer. I can testify to the fact that Christmas is there busiest time of year and there is never a shortage of customers who are willing to stand in line for a length of time just to purchase large quantities of their wonderful masa, corn husks, etc. -which serves as a true testimony as to how well liked this establishment is. Bottom line the owners take pride in their business, products, and service -which is why they have so many loyal customers. Bottom line is I would not hesitate in recommending Cecy's Molino to potential...

Usually this place runs like a well oiled machine during the Christmas season. Today I stood and waited for 1 1/2 hours and left with NO MASA because the machine overheated and couldn't be restarted for at least 4 hours. Convenient since they were closing in 2 hours. Several of us were willing to pay in advance and pick up our orders later. So do they accommodate their waiting customers? No of course not on the contrary, the woman was rude and kind of offensive. I don't know if they are under new management or what but today was chaos. Staff stood around not knowing what to do. Kind of reminded you of the 3 Stooges. After years of being a loyal customer I will not be going back. I ended up purchasing packaged masa from La Cienega. El Milagro masa. Should be good right? We love...