Harold's Chicken Shack

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 27, 2015
• address2341 W 95Th St, Chicago 60643

Is Harold's Chicken Shack clean?

Harold's Chicken Shack is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 27, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Harold's Chicken Shack?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 27, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods. • POOR HYGIENIC PRACTICES: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER ON THE PHONE, THEN BEGAN HANDLING FOOD WITHOUT WASHING HANDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY WASH HANDS WHEN MULTI-TASKING, TOUCHING THE PHONE, HANDLING MONEY, TOUCHING THE BODY, ETC. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010(A)
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • FOUND NO SOAP AND SANITARY HAND DRYING DEVICES AT THE EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINKS AND THE CUSTOMERS TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • FOUND NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE PREPARING/SERVING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS (I.E. CHICKEN, COLESLAW, ETC.). INSTRUCTED TO ALWAYS HAVE ONE ON SITE DURING THE HOURS OF OPERATION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE STORAGE RACKS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER, ABOVE THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK, CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF ALL THE DEEP FRYERS AND THE FRONT EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE CARDBOARD FROM THE WALK IN COOLER AND CLEAN FLOORS THERE, IN ALL CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND ALL DEEP FRYERS.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE CARDBOARD FROM THE WALK IN COOLER AND CLEAN FLOORS THERE, IN ALL CORNERS AND UNDER/AROUND ALL DEEP FRYERS.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • INSTRUCTED TO HANG ALL MOPS UP TO DRY WHEN NOT IN USE.
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD HANDLERS TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAIN WHEN PREPARING/SERVING FOOD.
  Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • INSTRUCTED ALL FOOD HANDLERS TO WEAR A HAIR RESTRAIN WHEN PREPARING/SERVING FOOD.
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED TO MEET THE FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.
  Food Handler Requirements Met • INSTRUCTED TO MEET THE FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS.

When was Harold's Chicken Shack last inspected?

Harold's Chicken Shack has 6 inspections on record going back to November 5, 2012.

Harold's Chicken Shack vs Beverly

Beverly runs 68% clean across 177 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 34 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 177 spots Cooked tracks in Beverly, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 27, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.