Harold's Chicken

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations2
• last inspectedAugust 17, 2021
• address1723 S Ashland Ave, Chicago 60608

Is Harold's Chicken clean?

Harold's Chicken is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 17, 2021. 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 17, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties • PIC HAS NO CITY SANITATION CERTIFICATE AS REQUIRED.
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON DUTY / SITE OR VALID CERTIFICATE POSTED AS REQUIRED WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING HANDLED, PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS CHICKEN. INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT A CITY CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST BE ON SITE AT ALL TIMES WHILE TCS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED,HANDLED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION CITATION ISSUED #7-38-012.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED THE LIGHT SHIELDS AT THE FRONT SERVICE COUNTER DIRTY. MUST CLEAN TO REMOVE DEBRIS.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH IDPH FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO COMPLY WITH IDPH FOOD HANDLERS REQUIREMENTS OR CITATIONS WILL FOLLOW.
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required • INSTRUCTED MANAGER THAT ALL CITY CERTIFIED MANAGER ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ALLERGEN TRAINING.

When was Harold's Chicken last inspected?

Harold's Chicken has 4 inspections on record going back to November 10, 2020.

Harold's Chicken vs Lower West Side

Lower West Side runs 68% clean across 1,153 tracked restaurants — 775 clean, 162 mid, 205 cooked.

Against the 1,153 spots Cooked tracks in Lower West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 19% of them.

Other spots in Lower West Side

• ✓ Alynia Zushi & Karaoke Lounge
  clean · May 4, 2026
• ✓! Guzman Grocery
  mid · December 18, 2020
• ✕ La Malinche
  cooked · April 25, 2025
• ✓! Foxtrot
  mid · November 17, 2023
• ✓ Paulette's Market
  clean · February 2, 2021
• ? Costco Wholesale
  cooked · November 30, 2023

See every restaurant inspection in Lower West Side →

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 17, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.