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Taco Urbano
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 21, 2026
- address1221-1223 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60605
Is Taco Urbano clean?
Taco Urbano is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Taco Urbano?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Taco Urbano last inspected?
Taco Urbano has 29 inspections on record going back to September 15, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 15, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 15, 2025 | Pass | |
| February 22, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 21, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 20, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 27, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Taco Urbano vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.