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Harold's Chicken Shack
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 23, 2023
- address917 W 87Th St, Chicago 60620
Is Harold's Chicken Shack clean?
Harold's Chicken Shack is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 23, 2023. 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 August 23, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • OBSERVED THE EXTERIOR DOOR WITHOUT A SCREEN. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED THE RUBBER GASKET AROUND THE 2-DOOR COOLER AND REACH IN COOLER IN POOR REPAIR. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENT.All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH THE IDPH FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENT.
When was Harold's Chicken Shack last inspected?
Harold's Chicken Shack has 21 inspections on record going back to March 22, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| January 17, 2024 | — | |
| August 23, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 8, 2023 | Fail | |
| October 28, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 19, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 12, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 5, 2020 | Fail | |
| March 9, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 22, 2018 | Fail | |
| October 24, 2017 | Pass |
Harold's Chicken Shack vs Auburn Gresham
Auburn Gresham runs 68% clean across 527 tracked restaurants — 351 clean, 82 mid, 86 cooked.
Against the 527 spots Cooked tracks in Auburn Gresham, this one comes out cleaner than 34% 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 August 23, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.