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Harczak Sausages
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 17, 2025
- address7035 W Higgins Ave, Chicago 60656
- cuisineGrocery Store
Is Harczak Sausages clean?
Harczak Sausages is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Harczak Sausages?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothsWiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • NOTED DIRTY WIPING CLOTHS ON PREP TABLES AT FRONT AND REAR PREP AREAS. NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE ALL WASHCLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT IN USE.
- ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED HEAVY DIRT AND GREASE ACCUMULATION INSIDE, ON PIPES/CONDUITS AND ON EDGES OF THE EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES/CONDUITS.Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • NOTED HEAVY DIRT AND GREASE ACCUMULATION INSIDE, ON PIPES/CONDUITS AND ON EDGES OF THE EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN HOOD, FILTERS AND PIPES/CONDUITS.
When was Harczak Sausages last inspected?
Harczak Sausages has 17 inspections on record going back to March 10, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 17, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 22, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 14, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 24, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| January 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| January 9, 2015 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Harczak Sausages vs Norwood Park
Norwood Park runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 50 mid, 37 cooked.
Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Norwood Park, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 January 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.