Harold's Chicken

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 2, 2025
• address7348 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago 60649

Is Harold's Chicken clean?

Harold's Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 2, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Harold's Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIME IN FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  Personal Cleanliness • EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINTS MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIME IN FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO HAVE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • ALL WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZING SOLUTION AT ALL TIMES WHEN CLOTHS ARE NOT BEING USED INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL SOILED LINENS MUST BE STORED IN A DIRTY LAUNDRY CONTAINER ALL SOILED TOWELS MUST BE UP OFF THE FLOOR AND MAINTAINED PROPERLY
  Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • ALL SOILED LINENS MUST BE STORED IN A DIRTY LAUNDRY CONTAINER ALL SOILED TOWELS MUST BE UP OFF THE FLOOR AND MAINTAINED PROPERLY
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • WOOD SHELVING UNITS IN REAR STORAGE AREA IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEAN AND RESEALING. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • TOILET ROOM IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • TOILET ROOM IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS THROUGHOUT IN NEED OF DETAIL CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND GREASE INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • HOOD VENT IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE TO INCREASE AIR FLOW OF VENT. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • HOOD VENT IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE TO INCREASE AIR FLOW OF VENT. INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT AND MAINTAIN
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS WHO DO NOT HAVE SANITATION CERTIFICATES MUST HAVE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • ALL FOOD HANDLERS WHO DO NOT HAVE SANITATION CERTIFICATES MUST HAVE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • ALL CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE HOLDERS MUST HAVE THE ALLERGEN CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ON SITE

When was Harold's Chicken last inspected?

Harold's Chicken has 35 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Harold's Chicken vs Avalon Park

Avalon Park runs 72% clean across 334 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 53 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 334 spots Cooked tracks in Avalon Park, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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 October 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.