Harold's Chicken Shack

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 19, 2018
• address6843 S Ashland 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 October 19, 2018. Inspectors wrote up 3 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 19, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting • FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY WHERE ALL MANAGERS, FOOD AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES KNOW THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN REPORTING ANY ILLNESSES THAT'S TRANSMISSIBLE THROUGH FOOD. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • FOUND NO PROCEDURE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS ON SITE. INSTRUCTED TO IMPLEMENT A PROCEDURE AND PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES FOR HANDLING SUCH EVENTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • FOUND NO HAND WASHING SINK IN THE WAREWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL ONE PER CITY CODE WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER AND SOAP/HAND SANITARY DEVICES.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • FOUND FOOD ITEMS IN REACH IN COOLERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY LABEL ALL FOODS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM ITS ORIGINAL PACKAGING AND THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED. MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVE THE RUBBER GASKETS ON THE REAR REACH IN COOLERS IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE GASKETS AND MAINTAIN SAME.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVE THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYERS WITH THICK GREASE, FOOD AND DIRT DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVE THE DIRT, GREASE AND DUST BUILD UP ON THE WALLS, VENTILATION HOOD AND VENTS IN THE FOOD PREPARATION AND WAREWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND THE FOOD HANDLERS ON SITE WITH NO PROOF THEY MET IDPH'S FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENT. INSTUCTED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDE PROOF AND MAINTAIN.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • FOUND THE FOOD HANDLERS ON SITE WITH NO PROOF THEY MET IDPH'S FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENT. INSTUCTED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDE PROOF AND MAINTAIN.

When was Harold's Chicken Shack last inspected?

Harold's Chicken Shack has 12 inspections on record going back to December 2, 2010.

Harold's Chicken Shack vs West Englewood

West Englewood runs 64% clean across 399 tracked restaurants — 254 clean, 56 mid, 85 cooked.

Against the 399 spots Cooked tracks in West Englewood, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

Other spots in West Englewood

• ✓ Harold's Chicken Shack
  clean · February 1, 2018
• ? Friendly Foods
  cooked · September 16, 2010
• ✓ Marquette Marathon
  clean · August 30, 2024
• ? King Kong Chinese Chop Suey
  cooked · August 15, 2012
• ✓ Yemen Grocery & Liquor
  clean · March 19, 2010
• ? Interventions
  cooked · October 16, 2012

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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 19, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.