Velvet Taco

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 27, 2026
• address1110 N State St, Chicago 60610

Is Velvet Taco clean?

Velvet Taco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 27, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Velvet Taco?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK WITH A BUILD UP OF MOLD AROUND THE SEAL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK WITH A BUILD UP OF MOLD AROUND THE SEAL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED SPLASH GUARD NEEDED AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT HAND WASHING SINK AS THE TORTILLA CHIPS ARE STORED THERE FOR SERVICE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE SEAL AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN NEED OF REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE HOOD SYSTEM IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING FROM GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • OBSERVED THE HOOD SYSTEM IN NEED OF A DETAIL CLEANING FROM GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Velvet Taco last inspected?

Velvet Taco has 32 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Velvet Taco vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 53% clean across 2,889 tracked restaurants — 1,514 clean, 253 mid, 1,113 cooked.

Against the 2,889 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 27, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.