Harold's Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 8, 2019 →
• address1014 S Western Ave, Chicago 60612

Is Harold's Chicken clean?

Harold's Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 8, 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 Harold's Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 8, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Thermometers Provided & Accurate
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Harold's Chicken last inspected?

Harold's Chicken has 4 inspections on record going back to March 28, 2017.

Harold's Chicken vs East Garfield Park

East Garfield Park runs 78% clean across 243 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 44 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 243 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 8, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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