Harolds Chicken Shacks

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMarch 5, 2020
• address115 S Clinton St, Chicago 60661

Is Harolds Chicken Shacks clean?

Harolds Chicken Shacks is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 5, 2020. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.

What did inspectors find at Harolds Chicken Shacks?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2020, 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 • OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICIES ON SITE FOR ALL FOOD AND CONDITIONAL EMPLOYEES.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE FOR REVIEW. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-010.NO CITATION ISSUED. DOCUMENTS PROVIDED.
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE POSTED ON SITE OR NECESSARY ITEMS OUTLINED IN THE POLICY AVAILABLE ON SITE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMIT AND DIAARHEAL EVENTS THAT CAN OCCUR IN THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED. DOCUMENTS PROVIDED.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • MUST PROVIDE PROPERLY WORKING THERMOMETERS IN ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS IN FACILITY. MUST MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED EXCESSIVE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS STORED INSIDE TOILET ROOM AND INSIDE FRONT CLOSET LOCATED IN FRONT OF FACILITY. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ITEMS FROM PREMISE AND ELEVATE ALL OTHER ITEMS 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR IN AREAS. MUST MAINTAIN.

When was Harolds Chicken Shacks last inspected?

Harolds Chicken Shacks has 2 inspections on record going back to March 5, 2020.

Harolds Chicken Shacks vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.

Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 March 5, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.