Harolds Chicken

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 4, 2025
• address9151 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60620

Is Harolds Chicken clean?

Harolds Chicken is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 4, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Harolds Chicken?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 4, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Food Properly Labeled; Original Container • INSTRUCTED TO LABEL BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH FLOUR, CORN MEAL ETC WITH THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • FOUND LOW HOT RUNNING WATER PRESSURE AT HAND SINK IN PREP AREA & TOILET ROOM AND AT UTILITY SINK; INSTRUCTED TO CORRECT.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE AT TOILET ROOM DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE AT WASHROOM DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • FOUND NO SELF CLOSING DEVICE AT TOILET ROOM DOOR; INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SELF CLOSING DEVICE AT WASHROOM DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOOR UNDER SINKS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN THE FLOOR BY THE HOT WATER TANK. (CORRECTED ON SITE)

When was Harolds Chicken last inspected?

Harolds Chicken has 12 inspections on record going back to March 8, 2019.

Harolds Chicken vs Washington Heights

Washington Heights runs 63% clean across 234 tracked restaurants — 148 clean, 41 mid, 45 cooked.

Against the 234 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 August 4, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.