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Velvet Taco
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 12, 2026
- address910 W Randolph St Fl 1, Chicago 60607
Is Velvet Taco clean?
Velvet Taco is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 12, 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 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • LEAK AT PIPE UNDER WAREWASHING UNIT. INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAME
When was Velvet Taco last inspected?
Velvet Taco has 9 inspections on record going back to July 8, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 16, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 10, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 10, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 8, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 1, 2022 | Fail | |
| July 8, 2021 | Pass |
Velvet Taco vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.