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Harold's Chicken
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 17, 2026
- address612 S Wabash Ave, Chicago 60605
Is Harold's Chicken clean?
Harold's Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 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 March 17, 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 26 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 3, 2026 | Pass | |
| September 30, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 20, 2023 | Fail | |
| August 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 9, 2022 | Fail | |
| November 18, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 18, 2020 | Pass |
Harold's Chicken vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.