Harold's Chicken Shack

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 15, 2015 →
• address1208 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615

Is Harold's Chicken Shack clean?

Harold's Chicken Shack is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 15, 2015. 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 October 15, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained

When was Harold's Chicken Shack last inspected?

Harold's Chicken Shack has 25 inspections on record going back to February 22, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Harold's Chicken Shack vs Hyde Park

Hyde Park runs 82% clean across 212 tracked restaurants — 174 clean, 33 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 212 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, 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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 October 15, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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