Harold's Chicken 23
203-205 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Last inspected Jun 13, 2025: passed with 1 violation. That was a follow-up after failing on Jun 4, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
- Keeps coming up: Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices, cited 6 times, plus 11 other repeat issues.
- #100 in Chicago's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 3 of 8 graded inspections since 2020.
Inspection history 8 visits
- 2025
- Passed Jun 13
Complaint Re-Inspection
1 violation
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Failed Jun 4
Complaint Re-Inspection
6 violations
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Previous priority foundation violation corrected
- Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- Failed May 21
Complaint Re-Inspection
8 violations
- Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- Previous priority foundation violation corrected
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Failed May 8
Complaint
10 violations
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Previous core violation corrected
- Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- Insects, rodents, and animals not present
- City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
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