Harold's Chicken Shack

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 28, 2026 →
• address7200 S Western Ave, Chicago 60636

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 August 28, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — 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 August 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure

When was Harold's Chicken Shack last inspected?

Harold's Chicken Shack has 3 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2024.

Harold's Chicken Shack vs Chicago Lawn

Chicago Lawn runs 79% clean across 192 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 30 mid, 10 cooked.

Against the 192 spots Cooked tracks in Chicago Lawn, this one comes out cleaner than 8% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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