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Harold's Chicken Shack
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 1, 2018
- address5608-5610 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60636
Is Harold's Chicken Shack clean?
Harold's Chicken Shack is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 1, 2018. 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 February 1, 2018, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • WORN DOOR GASKETS AT UPRIGHT COOLER. INSTD TO REPAIR GASKETS AND MAINTAINFood And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • WORN DOOR GASKETS AT UPRIGHT COOLER. INSTD TO REPAIR GASKETS AND MAINTAIN
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirtyFood And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • EXTERIOR OF ALL COOLER DOORS AND HANDLES NOT CLEAN. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • BROKEN, CRACKED FLOOR TILES IN REAR NEAR TOILET ROOM. INST TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • BROKEN, CRACKED FLOOR TILES IN REAR NEAR TOILET ROOM. INST TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
When was Harold's Chicken Shack last inspected?
Harold's Chicken Shack has 15 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 15, 2018 | closed by the city | |
| February 1, 2018 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 5, 2015 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| August 8, 2014 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 28, 2014 | Pass | |
| March 18, 2014 | Fail | |
| November 13, 2013 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2013 | Fail | |
| November 27, 2012 | Pass | |
| November 16, 2012 | Fail |
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 38% 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 February 1, 2018. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.