Harold's Chicken Shack

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 18, 2011
• address2521 W 63Rd St, Chicago 60629

Is Harold's Chicken Shack clean?

Harold's Chicken Shack is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2011. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Harold's Chicken Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • FAUCET AT 3 COMP SINK IN NEED OF REPAIR. HANDLE IS LOOSE. MUST INSTALL DRAIN BOARD AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETERS IN THE REACHIN COOLERS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME.
  Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous • NO THERMOMETERS IN THE REACHIN COOLERS. INSTD TO PROVIDE SAME.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • THE FOLLOWING NOT CLEAN COOKING EQUIPMENT,HOOD,FILTERS,PREP TABLES, AND REACH IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SAME All
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ALONG THE WALLS AND IN THE CORNERS HAS GREASE BUILDUP IN FOOD PREP AREA
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • CLEAN THE FLOORS UNDER THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND ALONG THE WALLS AND IN THE CORNERS HAS GREASE BUILDUP IN FOOD PREP AREA
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAINED CEILING TILES IN NEED OF REPLACING. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • STAINED CEILING TILES IN NEED OF REPLACING. MUST REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Toilet Room Doors Self Closing: Dressing Rooms With Lockers Provided: Complete Separation From Living/Sleeping Quarters • THE TOILET ROOM NOT CLEAN TOILET,SINK ECT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN SAME

When was Harold's Chicken Shack last inspected?

Harold's Chicken Shack has 5 inspections on record going back to November 3, 2010.

Harold's Chicken Shack vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 64% clean across 514 tracked restaurants — 328 clean, 77 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 514 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, 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 May 18, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.