Harold's Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 23, 2011
• address321 E 35Th St, Chicago 60616

Is Harold's Chicken clean?

Harold's Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 23, 2011. Inspectors wrote up 2 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?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 23, 2011, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • All cold food shall be stored at a temperature of 40F or less. All hot food shall be stored at a temperature of 140F or higher. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: TWO PLASTIC CONTAINERS OF 50 COOKED FRIED CHICKEN PIECES SITTING ON TOP OF PREP TABLE AT 93.5F-115.0F AND 20 INDIVIDUAL CONTAINERS OF COLE SLAW SITTING ON PREP TABLE AT 49.6-50.1F. NO TIME/TEMPERATURE LOGS PROVIDED. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP COLD FOODS AT 40F AND BELOW AND HOT FOODS AT 140F AND ABOVE AT ALL TIMES. EMPLOYEE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED SAID FOOD ITEMS AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL 7-38-005(A) ISSUED. APPROXIMATE VALUE $50.00.
• 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscritical
  Hand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • NO PAPER TOWELS AT TWO OF TWO EXPOSED HAND WASH SINKS AT PREP AREAS AND WASHBOWL IN STAFF TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PAPER TOWELS AT SAID SINKS AT ALL TIMES. CRITICAL 7-38-030 ISSUED.
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE MILK AND BREAD PLASTIC CRATES BEING USED TO ELEVATE ITEMS AND REPLACE WITH ADEQUATE SHELVING AND RACKS. DEFROST UPRIGHT FREEZER AT REAR TO REMOVE ICE BUILDUP. REMOVE CONTACT PAPER AND DUCT TAPE FROM TOILET BOWL LID.
  Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • REMOVE MILK AND BREAD PLASTIC CRATES BEING USED TO ELEVATE ITEMS AND REPLACE WITH ADEQUATE SHELVING AND RACKS. DEFROST UPRIGHT FREEZER AT REAR TO REMOVE ICE BUILDUP. REMOVE CONTACT PAPER AND DUCT TAPE FROM TOILET BOWL LID.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN FAN GUARDS INSIDE REFRIGERATION UNITS. CLEAN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF CONDIMENT UNIT. CLEAN AND SANITIZE HOT WATER TANK/STORAGE ROOM AT REAR.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ADJUST THRESHOLD AT REAR EXIT DOOR.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • ADJUST THRESHOLD AT REAR EXIT DOOR.
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CLEAN CEILING SECTIONS AT PREP AREAS TO REMOVE STAINS, REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING PANEL AT REAR BY THREE COMMPARTMENT SINK, CLEAN WALL BASE UNDER DRY STORAGE RACKS. CLEAN VENTS AT VENTILATION HOOD.
  Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods • The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. CLEAN CEILING SECTIONS AT PREP AREAS TO REMOVE STAINS, REPLACE WATER DAMAGED CEILING PANEL AT REAR BY THREE COMMPARTMENT SINK, CLEAN WALL BASE UNDER DRY STORAGE RACKS. CLEAN VENTS AT VENTILATION HOOD.
• 🪳pests in the house
  Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • REPAIR HOT WATER HANDLE AT REAR HAND WASH SINK, LEAK AT FAUCET.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ORGANIZE CLUTTER IN HOT WATER TANK/STORAGE ROOM AND OFFICE, REMOVE UNUSED ITEMS/CONDIMENT UNIT, AND ELEVATE ITEMS 6 INCHES OFF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALL.

When was Harold's Chicken last inspected?

Harold's Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2010.

Harold's Chicken vs Douglas

Douglas runs 69% clean across 115 tracked restaurants — 79 clean, 24 mid, 12 cooked.

Against the 115 spots Cooked tracks in Douglas, this one comes out cleaner than 13% of them.

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• ✓ Harolds Chicken
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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 November 23, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.