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Harold's Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 10, 2026
- address1208 E 53Rd St, Chicago 60615
Is Harold's Chicken clean?
Harold's Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Harold's Chicken?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on July 10, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Harold's Chicken last inspected?
Harold's Chicken has 27 inspections on record going back to October 9, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 26, 2026 | Pass | |
| September 26, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 8, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 27, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 25, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2021 | Pass | |
| November 17, 2021 | Fail | |
| July 21, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2020 | Pass |
Harold's Chicken vs Hyde Park
Hyde Park runs 73% clean across 335 tracked restaurants — 243 clean, 69 mid, 21 cooked.
Against the 335 spots Cooked tracks in Hyde Park, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 July 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.