Harold's Chicken Shack

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: FOUND EVIDENCE OF INSECTS AND RODENTS ON SITE. FOUND APPROXIMATELY 35 LIVE DRAIN FLIES FLYING AND RESTING ON WALLS AND SHELVES IN PREP AREA,REAR STORAGE AREA AND REAR DISH WASHING AREA. ALSO NOTED ONE LIVE ROACH CRAWLING ALONG EXPOSED HAND BOWL IN FRONT PREP AREA. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 30 MICE DROPPINGS IN CORNERS IN HOT WATER HEATER ROOM ADJACENT TO REAR STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE INSECTS AND DROPPINGS,SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND HAVE PEST CONTROL COMPANY SERVICE AREAS. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020.
  code 18
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN WALLS THROUGH-OUT BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPTMENT, CLEAN EXHAUST HOOD AND FILTER, ALL DEEP FRYERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: LEAKY FAUCET AT FRONT EXPOSED HAND SINK, MUST REOAIR SAME.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: All food establishments that display, prepare, or store potentially hazardous foods shall have calibrated metal stem thermometers, provided and conspicuous, for refrigerated and hot food units.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 14, 2010: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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