Taco Pros Old Town operates at **1435 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610**, on the main dining stretch of Wells Street in one of Chicago's most historic North Side neighborhoods. The restaurant serves authentic Mexican cuisine **7 days a week from 11 AM to 10 PM** and takes orders by phone at **(312) 248-8116**. The Old Town location shares its storefront with a dessert shop next door — a detail Enrique Daza noted in his review: "I like how it shares a spot with a dessert restaurant. Food is A+ quality." Guests finish their tacos or burritos and walk straight into a donut case without stepping outside.

Wells Street between North Avenue and Division Street draws a steady mix of after-work diners from River North offices, Second City comedy show crowds, and residents from the brownstone blocks east of the street. Taco Pros fits the corridor's fast-casual energy — the kitchen turns orders in minutes even during the Friday and Saturday evening rush between 6 and 9 PM.

## **Old Town Menu: What the Wells Street Crowd Orders**

The full Taco Pros menu runs across **8 categories and 58 items** at the Old Town location. Christian Porras described the core experience: "Every bite is packed with flavor, freshness, and love. The tortillas are on point, the meats are perfectly seasoned and juicy, and the toppings balance everything out flawlessly." That balance starts with 6 protein options available across every entrée category — veggie, picadillo (ground beef), carne asada (steak), pollo (chipotle chicken), barbacoa (house special), and al pastor (spit-roasted pork carved from the trompo).

[Street tacos](https://taco-pros.com/tacos/) arrive on 6-inch corn tortillas topped with cilantro, diced white onion, and a choice of salsa roja or salsa verde. Hazal, a late-night regular, credited staff member Julian for steering her to the steak tacos: "Best late night taco place ever! Julian was so nice, thanks for recommending steak tacos." The carne asada tacos feature skirt steak marinated in a citrus-garlic blend, grilled on the plancha at high heat, and sliced against the grain — a Northern Mexican street taco format that keeps the meat tender and charred at the edges.

Sebastian Kulesza ordered the ground beef [burrito](https://taco-pros.com/burritos/) and called out the texture and hot sauce: "Ground beef burrito was great. Great texture, flavor and hot sauce. Cool little spot on cool little Wells street. Grab a donut next door too." The picadillo burrito wraps seasoned ground beef with diced potatoes, carrots, and tomato broth inside a 12-inch flour tortilla layered with cilantro-lime rice, pinto beans, Monterey Jack cheese, and crema mexicana. The hot sauce at the condiment station — house-made from dried guajillo and árbol chilies — adds the heat Sebastian referenced without masking the filling.

## **Appetizers, Sides, and the Shared-Dessert Advantage**

Enrique Daza described the Old Town location as "a new spot" with "all you need for classic Mexican food" and rated the quality A+. The appetizer lineup opens with nachos supreme on house-crisped tortilla chips, cheese quesadillas on flour tortillas, elote (Mexican street corn with cotija, mayo, and chili powder), and chips paired with freshly made guacamole ground in a basalt molcajete with Hass avocados, lime juice, cilantro, jalapeño, and sea salt.

[Sides](https://taco-pros.com/sides/) include Mexican rice (arroz rojo cooked in chicken broth with tomato paste and cumin), refried beans (pinto beans mashed with lard and topped with queso fresco), french fries seasoned with salt, paprika, and chili powder, and carne asada fries loaded with grilled steak, cheese, and guacamole. The location's adjacency to the dessert shop creates a natural meal-to-dessert flow — regulars order their entrée and sides at Taco Pros, then step next door for churros or a donut to close out the meal.

## **Old Town Catering: North Side Events from Wells Street**

The [catering menu](https://taco-pros.com/catering-menu/) at Taco Pros Old Town spans 5 formats for events across the North Side and downtown Chicago. Party trays stack 12 options in aluminum steam pans — enchilada trays, taco kits, fajita platters, tamale dozens, burrito halves, and mini chimichangas with rice, beans, and guacamole sides. Live catering dispatches a taquero with a trompo and plancha on a mobile taco cart to cook al pastor and carne asada on-site with fresh made-to-order tortillas and a self-serve salsa bar.

Old Town's concentration of comedy clubs, galleries, event spaces, and rooftop venues along Wells Street and North Avenue generates consistent catering demand. Taco Pros Old Town handles corporate happy hours in River North high-rises, private parties in Lincoln Park townhomes, comedy night after-parties near Second City, and neighborhood block parties along Crilly Court and Eugenie Street. Buffet style catering, individual boxed meals in bento-style containers, and bulk catering sides round out the format options.

## **Neighborhoods Near Taco Pros Old Town**

Taco Pros at 1435 N Wells St serves guests from **16 North Side, West Side, and suburban communities**. The restaurant sits on Wells Street in [Old Town](https://www.choosechicago.com/neighborhoods/old-town/), a historic neighborhood known for its Victorian-era architecture, independent boutiques, and one of Chicago's densest restaurant corridors along Wells between North Avenue and Division Street.

[River North](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_North) borders Old Town to the south and east — a 5-minute walk across Division Street — sending a steady flow of gallery-goers, office workers, and hotel guests to the Wells Street dining strip. Orders also come from Chinatown, McCormick Place, Prairie Shores, McKinley Park, Cragin, Grant Village, Austin, Cicero, Sauganash, Oak Park, Howard District, Lincolnwood, Dunning, and Elmwood Park. The CTA Brown Line Sedgwick station sits 2 blocks east at Sedgwick and North Avenue, and the Red Line Clark/Division station is a 7-minute walk south — connecting the location to every CTA rail line within one transfer.

## **Hours, Phone, and Directions**

**Address:** 1435 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60610

**Phone:** (312) 248-8116

**Hours:** Monday through Sunday, 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM

**Directions:** [Open in Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/qn2gwX9NKU5WGHx66)

The restaurant occupies a storefront on the west side of Wells Street between Schiller Street and Burton Place in the 60610 zip code. Street parking is available on Wells Street and side streets, with metered spots along North Avenue. The [enchilada dinner](https://taco-pros.com/enchiladas-dinner/) — 3 corn tortilla enchiladas with Mexican rice and refried beans — remains the most ordered platter at this location during weeknight dinner service between 5 and 8 PM.