Harold's Chicken Shack

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 2, 2014
• address108 E 47Th St, Chicago 60653

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 May 2, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. 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 May 2, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • AREA (GROUND) AROUND AND BEHIND GREASE DISPOSAL UNIT LOCATED IN ALLEY NOT CLEAN. OBSERVED GREASE ON GROUND AND EXTERIOR SURFACE OF GREASE DISPOSAL UNIT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
  Outside Garbage Waste Grease And Storage Area; Clean, Rodent Proof, All Containers Covered • AREA (GROUND) AROUND AND BEHIND GREASE DISPOSAL UNIT LOCATED IN ALLEY NOT CLEAN. OBSERVED GREASE ON GROUND AND EXTERIOR SURFACE OF GREASE DISPOSAL UNIT. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE ALL LOOSE/WORN RUBBER GASKETS AT ALL REFRIGERATION DOORS WHERE NEEDED TO AVOID ESCAPING AIR. (UNITS AT PROPER TEMP AT THIS TIME).
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REPLACE ALL LOOSE/WORN RUBBER GASKETS AT ALL REFRIGERATION DOORS WHERE NEEDED TO AVOID ESCAPING AIR. (UNITS AT PROPER TEMP AT THIS TIME).
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • MUST CLEAN INTERIOR BOTTOMS OF FRYERS TO REMOVE GREASE OBSERVED, CLEAN EXTERIOR OF COOKING EQUIPMENT AND BOTTOMS OF PREP TABLES.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT, STORAGE ROOM UNDER SHELVES, FURNACE ROOM FLOOR. REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILE IN PANTRY WHERE NEEDED.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • MUST CLEAN FLOORS AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT, STORAGE ROOM UNDER SHELVES, FURNACE ROOM FLOOR. REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILE IN PANTRY WHERE NEEDED.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL WATER STAINED CEILING TILES WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN VENTS ON WALL IN FURNACE ROOM TO REMOVE DUST. CLEAN WALL BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • REPLACE ALL WATER STAINED CEILING TILES WHERE NEEDED. CLEAN VENTS ON WALL IN FURNACE ROOM TO REMOVE DUST. CLEAN WALL BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • NO BACKFLOW DEVICE AT UTILITY SINK; MUST INSTALL A BACKFLOW DEVICE.

When was Harold's Chicken Shack last inspected?

Harold's Chicken Shack has 5 inspections on record going back to May 21, 2013.

Harold's Chicken Shack vs Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard runs 67% clean across 265 tracked restaurants — 177 clean, 52 mid, 34 cooked.

Against the 265 spots Cooked tracks in Grand Boulevard, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 May 2, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.