Harolds Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedMay 24, 2019
• address2237 W 95Th St, Chicago 60643

Is Harolds Chicken clean?

Harolds Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 24, 2019. 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 Harolds Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 24, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events • OBSERVED NO SUPPLIES FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITNG AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS AT HAND WASHING SINKS IN PREP AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS.
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED NO THERMOMETER IN REACH-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • OBSERVED BULK CONTAINERS NOT LABELED IN PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL BULK CONTAINERS.
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED LARGE CONTAINERS AND POTS ON SITE TOO LARGE FOR COMPARTMENTS OF 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE APPROVED ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR CLEANING AND SANITIZING EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS.
  Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips • OBSERVED LARGE CONTAINERS AND POTS ON SITE TOO LARGE FOR COMPARTMENTS OF 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE APPROVED ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR CLEANING AND SANITIZING EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER AND DUST BUILDUP ON FAN GUARD. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAITAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED FRONT HAND WASHING SINK SLOWLY DRAINING AND 3-COMPARMENT SINK DRAINPIPE LEAKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SINKS AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS, GREASE BUILDUP ON FLOORS UNDER FRYERS AND GREASE SPILLS ON WALLS IN FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • : OBSERVED UNUSED EQUIPMENT, COOLERS, FRYERS ETC IN REAR STORAGE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ALL UNUSED ARTICLES TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE FOOD HANDLER TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

When was Harolds Chicken last inspected?

Harolds Chicken has 10 inspections on record going back to March 14, 2017.

Harolds Chicken vs Beverly

Beverly runs 68% clean across 177 tracked restaurants — 121 clean, 34 mid, 22 cooked.

Against the 177 spots Cooked tracks in Beverly, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 24, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.