Harold's Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 17, 2013
• address439 E 79Th St, Chicago 60619

Is Harold's Chicken clean?

Harold's Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 17, 2013. 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 May 17, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature • WALK-IN COOLER NOT MAINTAINING ADEQUATE TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMP RECORDED AT 45.6F. ALSO OBSERVED EXCCESSSIVE ICE BVUILD-UP ON COILS OF COMPRESSOR INSIDE UNIT. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT REPAIRMAN AND TO REMOVE PRODUCT THAT WAS PREPPED EARLIER(WAS PROPERLY DATED). CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A). REPAIRMAN ON PREMISES.
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service • COLE SLAW-49.8F & 50.1F, MILK-50.3F-ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE STORED AT 40 DEGREES OR BELOW. ALL PRODUCTS FOUND AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED. CITATION ISSUED-CRITICAL 7-38-005(A).
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • NO CERTIFIED MGR. WITH CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES AT TIME OF INVESTIGATION WHILE CHICKEN WAS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED.. CITATION ISSUED-SERIOUS 7-38-012.
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • CLEAN THE FOLLOWING: FILTERS ABOVE COOKING EQUIPMENT, CABINET INTERIORS OF DEEP FRYERS, AND INTERIORS OF BOTH DISCONNECTED REFRIGERATION UNITS.
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
  Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used • DETAIL CLEAN FLOORS ALONG WALL BASES, IN CORNERS, UNDERNEATH AND BEHIND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored • ELIMINATE CLUTTER IN FURNACE STORE ROOM.

When was Harold's Chicken last inspected?

Harold's Chicken has 3 inspections on record going back to February 13, 2013.

Harold's Chicken vs Chatham

Chatham runs 62% clean across 443 tracked restaurants — 275 clean, 85 mid, 81 cooked.

Against the 443 spots Cooked tracks in Chatham, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 May 17, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.