Harold's Chicken Shack #27

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2026 →
• address10259 S Halsted St, Chicago 60628

Is Harold's Chicken Shack #27 clean?

Harold's Chicken Shack #27 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Harold's Chicken Shack #27?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Harold's Chicken Shack #27 last inspected?

Harold's Chicken Shack #27 has 22 inspections on record going back to April 27, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Harold's Chicken Shack #27 vs Washington Heights

Washington Heights runs 83% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 77 clean, 15 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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