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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 dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • Inspector Comments: MUST CLEAN DUST FROM CEILING FAN, FOOD DEBRI FROM FRYERS.
- ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED WALL NEAR POP STORAGE IN KITCHEN,DAMAGED & MISSING WALL TILES IN PREP AREA,DINING AREA.MUST CLEAN DEBRI FROM WALLS IN PREP AREAS.Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE DAMAGED WALL NEAR POP STORAGE IN KITCHEN,DAMAGED & MISSING WALL TILES IN PREP AREA,DINING AREA.MUST CLEAN DEBRI FROM WALLS IN PREP AREAS.
- 🌡️thermometers missingLighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded • Inspector Comments: MUST REPLACE BURNT OUT LIGHT AT HOOD IN REAR PREP AREA,CRACKED LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE 3- COMP SINK.
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • Inspector Comments: MUST RECAULK HAND SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA.MUST PROVIDE BACKFLOW DEVICE ON MOPSINK.
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2015 | Pass | |
| October 9, 2015 | Fail | |
| January 14, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 6, 2015 | Fail | |
| September 9, 2014 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2014 | Pass | |
| January 23, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 13, 2013 | Pass | |
| November 5, 2013 | Fail | |
| March 26, 2013 | Pass | |
| February 14, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 7, 2013 | Pass |
Harold's Chicken Shack vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 October 15, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.